Bug #19069.

[pspp-builds.git] / README

diff --git a/README b/README
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@@ -6,41 +6,8 @@ PSPP development is ongoing. It already supports a large subset of
 SPSS's transformation language.  Its statistical procedure support is
 currently limited, but growing.
 
-Instructions for installation are in INSTALL.  Before you install
-PSPP, you will need to install certain prerequisites:
-
-    * An ANSI C compiler and tool chain.
-
-    * The GNU Scientific Library (libgsl), version 1.6 or later,
-      including libgslcblas included with GSL.
-
-    * Perl, version 5.005_03 or later.  (Perl is required during build
-      but not after installation.)
-
-    * pkg-config (only if you need to regenerate configure after
-      modifying configure.ac).
-
-    * iconv, which should be installed as part of a Unix-like system.
-      If you don't have a version already, you can install GNU
-      libiconv (http://www.gnu.org/software/libiconv/).
-
-    * Optional: libncurses.  Without it, PSPP will assume it is
-      running in an 80x25 terminal.
-
-    * Optional: libreadline and libhistory.  Without them, interactive
-      command editing and history features will be disabled.
-
-    * Optional: libplot (from GNU plotutils).  Without it,
-      graphing features will not work.  If you do not have it
-      installed, you must run `configure' with --without-libplot.
-
-    * Optional: GTK+ version 2.6.0 or later (2.10.2 or later is 
-      recommended), plus libglade 2.0 or later.  Without them, the 
-      GUI will not be built.  If you do not have these installed, you 
-      must run `configure' with --without-gui.
-
-    * Optional: Texinfo 4.7 or later, if you want to build the
-      documentation in PostScript or PDF format.
+Instructions for PSPP installation are in INSTALL, including a list of
+prerequisite packages and other PSPP-specific information.
 
 For information on differences from previous versions, please see file
 NEWS.  Full documentation on PSPP's language can be found in the doc/
@@ -53,8 +20,9 @@ CVS at http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/pspp
    
 Questions and comments about using PSPP may be sent to pspp-users@gnu.org.
 Bug reports may be filed at http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=pspp
-or emailed to bug-gnu-pspp@gnu.org.  (We prefer the web-based system
-because it makes it more difficult for us to lose track of bugs.)
+or emailed to bug-gnu-pspp@gnu.org.  We prefer the web-based system
+because it makes it more difficult for us to lose track of bugs, but we
+are happy to hear from users through any means.
 
 The long term goals for PSPP are ambitious.  We wish to provide the
 following support to users:
@@ -71,8 +39,9 @@ following support to users:
           an "enhanced" mode in certain cases where PSPP can output
           better results that may surprise SPSS users.
 
-       * Friendly textual and graphical interfaces.  PSPP does not do
-          a good job of this yet.
+       * Friendly textual and graphical interfaces.  This release
+          includes the first version of PSPPIRE, the PSPP graphical
+          user interface.
 
        * Attractive output, including graphs, in a variety of human-
           and machine-readable formats.  PSPP currently produces