From cd979c61c945bb446c9152af3fa9c600c7e033ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jimmy Zelinskie Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2016 19:35:04 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] README: reorganize and add warnings --- README.md | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------- 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 71da0f5..202b809 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -6,22 +6,53 @@ [![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-BSD-blue.svg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_licenses#2-clause_license_.28.22Simplified_BSD_License.22_or_.22FreeBSD_License.22.29) [![IRC Channel](https://img.shields.io/badge/freenode-%23chihaya-blue.svg "IRC Channel")](http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=chihaya) +**Note:** The master branch may be in an unstable or even broken state during development. +Please use [releases] instead of the master branch in order to get stable binaries. + Chihaya is an open source [BitTorrent tracker] written in [Go]. Differentiating features include: -- Protocol-agnostic and middleware-composed logic +- Protocol-agnostic, middleware-composed logic - Low resource consumption and fast, asynchronous request processing - Unified IPv4 and IPv6 [swarms] - [YAML] configuration - Optional metrics via [Prometheus] +[releases]: https://github.com/chihaya/chihaya/releases [BitTorrent tracker]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent_tracker [Go]: https://golang.org [swarms]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_BitTorrent_terms#Swarm [YAML]: http://yaml.org [Prometheus]: http://prometheus.io +## Development + +### Getting Started + +In order to compile the project, the [latest stable version of Go] and a [working Go environment] are required. + +```sh +$ go get -t -u github.com/chihaya/chihaya +$ go install github.com/chihaya/chihaya/cmd/chihaya +``` + +[latest stable version of Go]: https://golang.org/dl +[working Go environment]: https://golang.org/doc/code.html + +### Contributing + +Long-term discussion and bug reports are maintained via [GitHub Issues]. +Code review is done via [GitHub Pull Requests]. +Real-time discussion is done via [freenode IRC]. + +For more information read [CONTRIBUTING.md]. + +[GitHub Issues]: https://github.com/chihaya/chihaya/issues +[GitHub Pull Requests]: https://github.com/chihaya/chihaya/pulls +[freenode IRC]: http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=chihaya +[CONTRIBUTING.md]: https://github.com/chihaya/chihaya/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md + ## Production Use ### Facebook @@ -41,28 +72,6 @@ By verifying the infohash, Quay can be sure that only their content is being sha [Quay]: https://quay.io [JWT]: https://jwt.io -## Getting Started - -In order to compile the project, the latest stable version of Go and a working Go environment are required. - -```sh -$ go get github.com/chihaya/chihaya -$ go install github.com/chihaya/chihaya/cmd/chihaya -``` - -## Development - -Long-term discussion and bug reports are maintained via [GitHub Issues]. -Code review is done via [GitHub Pull Requests]. -Real-time discussion is done via [freenode IRC]. - -For more information read [CONTRIBUTING.md]. - -[GitHub Issues]: https://github.com/chihaya/chihaya/issues -[GitHub Pull Requests]: https://github.com/chihaya/chihaya/pulls -[freenode IRC]: http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=chihaya -[CONTRIBUTING.md]: https://github.com/chihaya/chihaya/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md - ## Related projects - [OpenTracker](http://erdgeist.org/arts/software/opentracker): a popular BitTorrent tracker written in C