X-Git-Url: https://git.decadent.org.uk/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=e9908a1009fd1dbf84413d45fb951865e8c4b877;hb=2eb279dbd9d1e42f9b01daa3a8ec75beba5a7e6c;hp=3d6ccf090b4b96637739f4ebb3facc2bef06364d;hpb=f740aa9a7990aa57c36c7408e3ab963985f6c76e;p=dak.git diff --git a/README b/README index 3d6ccf09..e9908a10 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -6,19 +6,17 @@ This is unreleased alpha software; use it ENTIRELY at your own risk. This is the README file for dak version -1. -dak is the collection of programs used to maintain the Debian GNU -project archive. +dak is the collection of programs used to maintain the Debian +project's archives. It's not yet in a state where it can be easily +used by others; if you want something to maintain a small archive and +apt-ftparchive (from apt-utils) is insufficent, I recommend you +investigate mini-dinstall or debarchiver. -See TODO for an incomplete list of things needing to be done. +There are some manpages and READMEs in the doc sub-directory. The +TODO file is an incomplete list of things needing to be done. -See the file NEWS for user-visible changes since the last version. - -See the file INSTALL for installation instructions. - -dak is used on the following platforms :- - -Linux/i386 2.2 -Linux/Sparc 2.4 +dak is developed and used on Linux but will probably work under any +UNIX since it's almost entirely python and shell scripts. dak is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free @@ -28,7 +26,8 @@ version. -- James Troup , Horsforth, Leeds -Wed, 26 Sep 2001 06:34:50 +0100 +Fri, 29 Nov 2002 15:47:49 +0000 +