From 1e7ee75684e04e8c90baa490ebfcc7d8098bb984 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steve Mynott Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2017 15:14:35 +0100 Subject: be less misleading the README shown on github so people less likely to mistake the RBS (Ridiculous Build System) ;-) for the star distro tarball itself --- README.md | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README.md (limited to 'README.md') diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..52f3a08 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +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. -- cgit v1.1