From fa080de7afc95aa1c19a6e6fc0e0708ced2eadc4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joseph Hunkeler Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2015 20:46:52 -0400 Subject: Initial commit --- pkg/proto/README | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) create mode 100644 pkg/proto/README (limited to 'pkg/proto/README') diff --git a/pkg/proto/README b/pkg/proto/README new file mode 100644 index 00000000..3322c859 --- /dev/null +++ b/pkg/proto/README @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +The PROTO package provides a place in the system where users can put their +programs for others to conveniently use, without modifying the IRAF system +itself (see also LOCAL). A program or package must meet a strict set of +standards to be installed in the IRAF system as a fully supported program; +PROTO provides a way for users to get software into the system without having +to meet the mainline IRAF standards. Programs or packages installed in PROTO +are automatically candidates for eventual migration into the main system. +Tasks installed in PROTO are generally expected to go away after a while. + +Only portable IRAF software should be installed in the PROTO package. +Nonportable programs should be placed in LOCAL and will not be exported with +the system. -- cgit