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@@ -19,12 +19,11 @@ Next, get hold of the Alaveteli source code from github:
git clone https://github.com/sebbacon/alaveteli.git
cd alaveteli
-This will get the current stable release from the master branch (which
-always contains the latest release). If you are a developer and want
-to add or try new features, you might want to swap to the development
-branch:
+This will get the development branch, which has the latest (possibly
+buggy) code. If you don't want to add or try new features, swap to the
+master branch (which always contains the latest stable release):
- git checkout develop
+ git checkout master
# Install system dependencies
@@ -318,6 +317,9 @@ like `!!(*= $this *)!!`. The variables are:
* `user`: the user that the software runs as
* `site`: a string to identify your alaveteli instance
+There is a dumb python script at `script/make-crontab` which you can
+edit and run to do some basic substitution for you.
+
One of the cron jobs refers to a script at
`/etc/init.d/foi-alert-tracks`. This is an init script, a copy of
which lives in `config/alert-tracks-debian.ugly`. As with the cron