Bill Allombert on Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:57:27 +0100 |
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outdated README file |
Dear PARI developers, The README file is awfully outdated. Please find a patch to address that. Cheers, Bill.
diff --git a/README b/README index 2c6aba5..4104f98 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ -This is PARI/GP, version 2.4.x (*). +This is PARI/GP, version 2.6.x (*). PARI/GP Number Theory-oriented Computer Algebra System - Copyright (C) 2000-2010 The PARI Group, Bordeaux. + Copyright (C) 2000-2012 The PARI Group, Bordeaux. ========================================================================== -To get started, run TeX on the file INSTALL.tex and have a look at the dvi +To get started, run TeX on the file doc/INSTALL.tex and have a look at the dvi (extracted verbatim from Appendix A of the user manual). If you are in a hurry, look at INSTALL.txt (ascii file). But a lot of information is missing there. @@ -14,20 +14,14 @@ Typing 'make doc' typesets separate user's manual for GP and libpari, a tutorial and reference card in directory doc. See the files NEW and COMPAT for new features and incompatible changes -respectively between 2.3 and older versions. See CHANGES for (a terse +respectively between 2.5 and older versions. See CHANGES for (a terse description of) subsequent patches. -The file README.DOS is specific to DOS, OS/2 and Windows 3.1 users. -The file README.WIN is specific to Windows 3.2 (95/98/2000/NT) users. - For the adventurous: * If you want to check up-to-date, but possibly unstable, development versions of PARI/GP or do development work yourself, see the file README-git. -* Directory Odos/ contains information to compile binaries on DOS-based -systems (DOS, OS/2, Win3.1, Win95/98/NT/CE). - Afterwards, you're on your own. ==========================================================================