From 85a9abd81a4e8ca3e48da13e3c0f60f8f092fc78 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: sue spence Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2017 11:46:43 +0000 Subject: Reworded to help people like me who stumble onto this repo by accident when searching for rakudo star related info. --- README.md | 19 +++++++------------ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 52f3a08..5f30ca4 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,17 +1,12 @@ -Rakudo Star -- a useful and usable production distribution of Perl 6 +This git repository _only_ contains the tools needed to create a Rakudo Star distribution. -This git repository isn't the distribution itself; the repository -contains the tools and scripts used to create a distribution. +To get 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 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. +If you're a Rakudo Star release manager, or someone who wants to create a new Perl 6 +distributions based on the tools here, then 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. -- cgit v1.1