From: Thomas De Schampheleire Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 20:20:12 +0000 (+0200) Subject: manual/getting started: rework 'Getting Buildroot' section X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=afdd5cebe2a4a16930404437b0167232208158ce;p=buildroot.git manual/getting started: rework 'Getting Buildroot' section This patch reworks the 'Getting Buildroot' section of the manual as follows: - be more specific on the Buildroot release cycle - refer to the download page of the website for details on snapshots and git, instead of duplicating the information. Signed-off-by: Thomas De Schampheleire Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni --- diff --git a/docs/manual/getting.txt b/docs/manual/getting.txt index d10ac4355e..3437f93b41 100644 --- a/docs/manual/getting.txt +++ b/docs/manual/getting.txt @@ -4,23 +4,13 @@ [[getting-buildroot]] == Getting Buildroot -Buildroot releases are made approximately every 3 months. Direct Git -access and daily snapshots are also available, if you want more -bleeding edge. +Buildroot releases are made every 3 months, in February, May, August and +November. Release numbers are in the format YYYY.MM, so for example +2013.02, 2014.08. -Releases are available at http://buildroot.net/downloads/[]. - -The latest snapshot is always available at -http://buildroot.net/downloads/snapshots/buildroot-snapshot.tar.bz2[], -and previous snapshots are also available at -http://buildroot.net/downloads/snapshots/[]. - -To download Buildroot using Git, you can simply follow the rules -described on the "Accessing Git" page -(http://buildroot.net/git.html[]) of the Buildroot website -(http://buildroot.net[]). For the impatient, here's a quick recipe: - ---------------------- - $ git clone git://git.buildroot.net/buildroot ---------------------- +Release tarballs are available at http://buildroot.org/downloads/[]. +If you want to follow development, you can use the daily snapshots or +make a clone of the Git repository. Refer to the +http://buildroot.org/download[Download page] of the Buildroot website +for more details.