If the original purpose was to explain the difference between the  default
and the default for `jekyll new` then I'd say it's probably obsolete now.


On 12 May 2014 07:28, Philipp Rudloff <notifications@github.com> wrote:

> In site/docs/quickstart.md:
>
> > @@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ posts, using the front-matter to control templates and layouts, and taking
> >  advantage of all the awesome configuration options Jekyll makes available.
> >
> >  <div class="note info">
> > -  <h5>Redcarpet is the default Markdown engine for new sites</h5>
> > -  <p>In Jekyll 1.1, we switched the default markdown engine for sites
> > -     generated with <code>jekyll new</code> to Redcarpet</p>
> > +  <h5>kramdown is the default Markdown engine for new sites</h5>
>
> Actually, getting rid of it doesn't sound bad. The information is still
> available in the defaults. Is there another purpose we're missing?
>
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