Bug 2283

Summary: README document doesn't state what is official installation guide
Product: xorg Reporter: Karel Clock Kulhavy <clock>
Component: DocumentationAssignee: Xorg Project Team <xorg-team>
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX QA Contact:
Severity: normal    
Priority: high    
Version: 6.8.1   
Hardware: All   
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Description Karel Clock Kulhavy 2005-01-15 03:42:39 UTC 
README doesn't say what the user should do if he wants to install the X.org
monolithic tree.
There is a file called BUILD in the tarball, but README mentions some online
documentation sources:
"Pointers to additional information
The documentation for this release can be found online at the X.Org web site
<URL:http://wiki.x.org/>."

Installing X.Org is the action most users are supposed to do with
downloaded X.Org source tree.

Proposed solution:

1) Determine which documentation, whether BUILD or the online one is intended to
serve as a step-by-step installation guide for general user public. 
2) Write something like this into the README: "If you want to install X.Org, do
what is sais in BUILD file" or "If you want to install X.Org, do what is said on
URL [...]"
Comment 1 Shawn Starr 2005-09-30 22:19:37 UTC 
The proper build instructions for Modular are here: 
 
http://wiki.x.org/wiki/ModularDevelopersGuide 
 
Monolithic is going to fade away soon. You can still build it, but it won't be 
updated anymore.
Comment 2 Erik Andren 2006-04-22 18:34:07 UTC 
Monolithic Xorg development is dead. Long live modudular Xorg!

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