Merge pull request #85 from stronk7/small_readme_changes

Small changes to README

Author: vmdef

CHANGES.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Changes in version 2.9.7 (20200718) - Bye bye, JS
 -------------------------------------------------
-- [PR75](https://github.com/moodlehq/moodle-local_codechecker/pull/75) and [PR#77](https://github.com/moodlehq/moodle-local_codechecker/pull/77): Small tweaks for better transition to phpcs3.
+- [PR#75](https://github.com/moodlehq/moodle-local_codechecker/pull/75) and [PR#77](https://github.com/moodlehq/moodle-local_codechecker/pull/77): Small tweaks for better transition to phpcs3.
 - CONTRIB-8122: Stop processing non-php files (runner and UI).
 
 Changes in version 2.9.6 (20200611) - June's Roentgenium

README.md

@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ Moodle Code Checker
 Information
 -----------
 
-This Moodle plugin uses the Pear CodeSniffer library to
-check that code follows the Moodle coding guidelines, available @
-<http://docs.moodle.org/en/Development:Coding_style>.
+This Moodle plugin uses the [PHP CodeSniffer](https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer) tool to
+check that code follows the [Moodle coding style](http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Coding_style). It
+implements and reuses a set of 'sniffs' that check many aspects of the code,
+including the awesome [PHPCompatibility](https://github.com/PHPCompatibility/PHPCompatibility) ones.
 
 It was created by developers at the Open University, including Sam Marshall,
 Tim Hunt and Jenny Gray. It is now maintained by Moodle HQ.