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authorMoritz Lenz <moritz@faui2k3.org>2010-08-01 22:15:42 +0200
committerMoritz Lenz <moritz@faui2k3.org>2010-08-01 22:16:04 +0200
commitb237f274fc10d1ad5797a8c87ba877a185f9e157 (patch)
tree3ce7258c7b3562cb596a244150835059d60b653e /README
parent3f97bc3f81fefc05f7376c11a01f474198ef8145 (diff)
[README] be more verbose about not building distributions, unless you are a developer
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@@ -5,8 +5,14 @@ of modules we want included in the distribution.
This repository doesn't contain a distribution, it contains the tools
and scripts to build a distribution. Run "make VERSION=yyyy.mm" to populate
-a distribution image in the rakudo-star-yyyy.mm/ directory. The build
-system assumes that you have the following tools available:
+a distribution image in the rakudo-star-yyyy.mm/ directory.
+
+*** This task should only be done by a release manager, or for testing
+your changes if you want to contribute to Rakudo Star. If you just want
+to use Rakudo Star, please download a pre-built tar.gz from
+http://github.com/perl6/book/downloads ***
+
+The build system assumes that you have the following tools available:
* perl
* make