X-Git-Url: https://git.decadent.org.uk/gitweb/?p=dak.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=2f9d5909f32c6a5fa456e42f67310bb63b7b7a83;hp=3ffe41b6960f77b52f5cf59173c1b619151789a9;hb=3d25c468b152899041da69857c3f01e9996b39d1;hpb=9ebfa30b056df56376cb0302a28a190e0aaed765 diff --git a/README b/README index 3ffe41b6..2f9d5909 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,25 +1,37 @@ -This is the README file for da-katie version -1. +***** WARNING ****** ***** WARNING ***** ****** WARNING ****** -da-katie 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. -da-katie 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/ -da-katie 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 Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, a copy of -which is provided under the name COPYING, or (at your option) any -later version. +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 +Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, a copy of which +is provided under the name COPYING, or (at your option) any later +version. -- -James Troup , Oldenburg, Germany -Thu, 12 Oct 2000 12:45:16 +0100 +James Troup , Horsforth, Leeds +Thu, 26 Dec 2002 16:56:02 +0000 +