Added some bits about the various ways to get the source code for the SDK
Signed-off-by: Erik de Bruin <erik@ixsoftware.nl>
diff --git a/README b/README
index a594735..2711f7c 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -57,14 +57,15 @@
installed on your system and it depends on some external software. The external
software is downloaded as part of the build process.
+There are two ways to get the SDK source.
+1) from a git repository
+2) from a source package distribution
+
The following steps are all you need for a fully functional SDK:
- Prepare your system
- install external software
- set environment variables
- Get the source code
- - flex-sdk
- - flex-tlf
- - flex-blazeds (optional)
- Build the SDK
- Prepare the SDK for use with an IDE
- Optional steps:
@@ -237,15 +238,16 @@
Get the source code
-------------------
-The Apache Flex SDK source code uses git for SCM.
+You can get the source directly from the source code repository (Apache Flex
+uses git for SCM).
-You can get the latest source ('develop' branch) using the following commands:
+Clone the latest source ('develop' branch) using the following commands:
git clone https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/flex-sdk.git flex-sdk
cd flex-sdk
git checkout develop
-The Apache Flex SDK requires source code from the Apache Flex Text Layout
+The Apache Flex SDK also requires source code from the Apache Flex Text Layout
Framework (TLF). To get the latest source for TLF ('develop' branch), use the
following commands:
@@ -253,13 +255,15 @@
cd flex-tlf
git checkout develop
-The Apache Flex SDK requires source code from Apache Flex BlazeDS. To get
+The Apache Flex SDK also requires source code from Apache Flex BlazeDS. To get
the latest source for Apache Flex BlazeDS (‘master’ branch), use the
following commands:
git clone https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/flex-blazeds.git flex-blazeds
cd flex-blazeds
+Another option to get the source is to download a released source package.
+
For further information visit:
http://flex.apache.org/download-source.html
