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-This is the README file for dak version -1.
+***** WARNING ****** ***** WARNING ***** ****** WARNING ******
 
-dak is the collection of programs used to maintain the Debian GNU
-project archive.
+This is unreleased alpha software; use it ENTIRELY at your own risk.
 
-See TODO for an incomplete list of things needing to be done.
+***** WARNING ****** ***** WARNING ****** ***** WARNING ******
 
-See the file NEWS for user-visible changes since the last version.
+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 the apt-utils package) is insufficient, I strongly
+recommend you investigate mini-dinstall, debarchiver or similar.
+However, if you insist on trying to try using dak, please read the
+documentation in 'doc/README.first'.
 
-See the file INSTALL for installation instructions.
+There are some manual pages and READMEs in the doc sub-directory.  The
+TODO file is an incomplete list of things needing to be done.
 
-dak is used on the following platforms :-
+There's a mailing list for discussion, development of and help with
+dak.  See:
 
-Linux/i386 2.2
-Linux/UltraSparc 2.2
+  https://lists.debian.org/debian-dak/
+
+for archives and details on how to subscribe.
+
+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
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 -- 
 James Troup <james@nocrew.org>, Horsforth, Leeds
-Sat, 25 Nov 2000 04:06:18 +0000
+Thu, 26 Dec 2002 16:56:02 +0000