X-Git-Url: https://git.decadent.org.uk/gitweb/?p=dak.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=2f9d5909f32c6a5fa456e42f67310bb63b7b7a83;hp=3d6ccf090b4b96637739f4ebb3facc2bef06364d;hb=ccf6713b942fa54eafddcd035fd59c61ac1f3ecf;hpb=b618ca40333f46edada83f0329f85cec83bca7eb diff --git a/README b/README index 3d6ccf09..2f9d5909 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -4,21 +4,26 @@ This is unreleased alpha software; use it ENTIRELY at your own risk. ***** WARNING ****** ***** WARNING ****** ***** WARNING ****** -This is the README file for dak version -1. +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'. -dak is the collection of programs used to maintain the Debian GNU -project archive. +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. -See TODO for an incomplete list of things needing to be done. +There's a mailing list for discussion, development of and help with +dak. See: -See the file NEWS for user-visible changes since the last version. + https://lists.debian.org/debian-dak/ -See the file INSTALL for installation instructions. +for archives and details on how to subscribe. -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 +33,5 @@ version. -- James Troup , Horsforth, Leeds -Wed, 26 Sep 2001 06:34:50 +0100 - - +Thu, 26 Dec 2002 16:56:02 +0000