From 8d54b3a0e5892fe2958bad01765f47f574b8604c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: troshko111 <931973+troshko111@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2021 11:25:44 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Update README

- Clarify contributing and support guidelines
- Make the description more concise
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 README.md | 32 ++++++++++++--------------------
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 Eureka
-=====
+======
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.com/Netflix/eureka.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.com/Netflix/eureka)
 
-Eureka is a REST (Representational State Transfer) based service that is primarily used in the AWS cloud for locating services for the purpose of load balancing and failover of middle-tier servers.
-
-At Netflix, Eureka is used for the following purposes apart from playing a critical part in mid-tier load balancing.
-
-* For aiding Netflix Asgard - an open source service which makes cloud deployments easier, in  
-    + Fast rollback of versions in case of problems avoiding the re-launch of 100's of instances which 
-      could take a long time.
-    + In rolling pushes, for avoiding propagation of a new version to all instances in case of problems.
-
-* For our cassandra deployments to take instances out of traffic for maintenance.
-
-* For our memcached caching services to identify the list of nodes in the ring.
-
-* For carrying other additional application specific metadata about services for various other reasons.
-
+Eureka is a RESTful (Representational State Transfer) service that is primarily used in the AWS cloud for the purpose of
+discovery, load balancing and failover of middle-tier servers. It plays a critical role in Netflix mid-tier infra.
 
 Building
-----------
-The build requires `java8` because of some required libraries that are `java8` (`servo`), but the source and target compatibility are still set to `1.7`.
-Note that tags should be checked out to perform a build.
+--------
+The build requires `java8` because of some required libraries that are `java8` (`servo`), but the source and target
+compatibility are still set to `1.7`. Note that tags should be checked out to perform a build.
 
+Contributing
+------------
+For any non-trivial change (or a large LoC-wise change), please open an issue first to make sure there's alignment on
+the scope, the approach, and the viability.
 
 Support
 ----------
-[Eureka Google Group](https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/eureka_netflix)
+Community-driven mostly, feel free to open an issue with your question, the maintainers are looking over these
+periodically. Issues with the most minimal repro possible have the highest chance of being answered.
 
 
 Documentation