X-Git-Url: http://git.efficios.com/?p=babeltrace.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=ce98e24dc01e23f90a4c4e2bac6c4b87c3c9c4d3;hp=0309c0660a5171c50b57c7e6361332140a782362;hb=9872e818aa1a1d9fcf3221db817b70c109248914;hpb=6f2f758ee900daef247170513e9081c1709cafe7

diff --git a/README b/README
index 0309c066..ce98e24d 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -6,6 +6,16 @@ This project provides trace read and write libraries, as well as a trace
 converter. A plugin can be created for any trace format to allow its conversion
 to/from another trace format.
 
+The main format expected to be converted to/from is the Common Trace
+Format (CTF). The latest version of the CTF specification can be found at:
+
+  git tree:   git://git.efficios.com/ctf.git
+  gitweb:     http://git.efficios.com/?p=ctf.git
+
+The CE Workgroup of the Linux Foundation, Ericsson, and EfficiOS have
+sponsored this work.
+
+
 BUILDING
 --------
 
@@ -13,7 +23,9 @@ BUILDING
 	./configure
 	make
 	make install
+	ldconfig
 
+	If you do not want Python bindings, run ./configure --disable-python.
 
 DEPENDENCIES
 ------------
@@ -21,18 +33,25 @@ DEPENDENCIES
 To compile Babeltrace, you will need:
 
 	gcc 3.2 or better
-	glib 2.22 or better development libraries
-	  (Debian : libglib2.0-0, libglib2.0-dev)
-	  (Fedora : glib2, glib2-devel)
 	libc6 development librairies
 	  (Debian : libc6, libc6-dev)
 	  (Fedora : glibc, glibc)
+	glib 2.22 or better development libraries
+	  (Debian : libglib2.0-0, libglib2.0-dev)
+	  (Fedora : glib2, glib2-devel)
 	uuid development libraries
 	  (Debian : uuid-dev)
 	  (Fedora : uuid-devel)
-	libpopt development libraries
-	  (Debian : libpopt0, libpopt-dev)
+	libpopt >= 1.13 development libraries
+	  (Debian : libpopt-dev)
 	  (Fedora : popt)
+	python headers (optional)
+	  (Debian/Ubuntu : python-dev)
+	swig >= 2.0 (optional)
+	  (Debian/Ubuntu : swig2.0)
+	python 3.0 or better (optional)
+	  (Debian/Ubuntu : python3)
+
 
 For developers using the git tree:
 
@@ -42,10 +61,13 @@ compile the git repository tree :
 
 - GNU autotools (automake >=1.10, autoconf >=2.50, autoheader >=2.50)
   (make sure your system wide "automake" points to a recent version!)
-- GNU Libtool
+- GNU Libtool >=2.2
   (for more information, go to http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/)
-- Flex and Bison.
+- Flex >=2.5.35.
+- Bison >=2.4.
 
 If you get the tree from the repository, you will need to use the "bootstrap"
 script in the root of the tree. It calls all the GNU tools needed to prepare the
 tree configuration.
+
+Running "make check": bash is required.