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+Rakudo Star -- a useful and usable production distribution of Perl 6
+
+This git repository isn't the distribution itself; the repository
+contains the tools and scripts used to create a distribution.
+
+If you're looking to simply download and run the latest release
+of Rakudo Star, please download a .tar.gz or .msi file from
+https://rakudo.perl6.org/downloads/star/. Note: the tar files available
+from github.com are NOT suitable for building Rakudo Star; do not use them.
+
+If you're still reading this, we assume you're a Rakudo Star
+release manager, or someone that is looking to create new
+Perl 6 distributions based on the tools here. Run
+"make -f tools/star/Makefile" to populate a distribution image.
+
+See tools/star/release-guide.pod for the steps needed to build
+a candidate release.