From 04b08da9af0c450d645ab7389d1467308cfc2db8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Stapelberg <stapelberg@debian.org>
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2013 21:27:36 +0100
Subject: Imported Upstream version 1.1~hg20130304

---
 doc/install-source.html | 53 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)

(limited to 'doc/install-source.html')

diff --git a/doc/install-source.html b/doc/install-source.html
index 87c187ba8..ee7b39b7e 100644
--- a/doc/install-source.html
+++ b/doc/install-source.html
@@ -57,8 +57,7 @@ architectures.
 	<code>arm</code> (a.k.a. <code>ARM</code>); <code>5g,5l,5c,5a</code>
 </dt>
 <dd>
-	Supports only Linux binaries. Less widely used than the other ports and therefore
-	not as thoroughly tested.
+	Supports only Linux binaries. Less widely used than the other ports and therefore not as thoroughly tested.
 </dd>
 </dl>
 
@@ -81,25 +80,9 @@ The full set of supported combinations is listed in the discussion of
 <h2 id="ctools">Install C tools, if needed</h2>
 
 <p>
-The Go tool chain is written in C.
-To build it, you need a C compiler installed.
-</p>
-
-<p>
-On OS X, a C compiler can be installed as part of
-<a href="http://developer.apple.com/Xcode/">Xcode</a>. 
-</p>
-
-<p>
-On Ubuntu/Debian, use <code>sudo apt-get install gcc libc6-dev</code>.
-If you want to build 32-bit binaries on a 64-bit system you'll also need the
-<code>libc6-dev-i386</code> package.
-</p>
-
-<p>
-On Windows, install <code>gcc</code> with
-<a href="http://www.mingw.org/">MinGW</a>.
-(Make sure you add its <code>bin</code> subdirectory to your <code>PATH</code>.)
+The Go tool chain is written in C. To build it, you need a C compiler installed. 
+Please refer to the <a href="http://code.google.com/p/go-wiki/wiki/InstallFromSource#Install_C_tools">InstallFromSource</a>
+page on the Go community Wiki for operating system specific instructions.
 </p>
 
 <h2 id="mercurial">Install Mercurial, if needed</h2>
@@ -144,6 +127,18 @@ Then check out the repository:</p>
 $ hg clone -u release https://code.google.com/p/go
 </pre>
 
+<h2 id="head">(Optional) Switch to the default branch</h2>
+
+<p>If you intend to modify the go source code, and
+<a href="/doc/contribute.html">contribute your changes</a>
+to the project, then move your repository
+off the release branch, and onto the default (development) branch.
+Otherwise, skip this step.</p>
+
+<pre>
+$ hg update default
+</pre>
+
 <h2 id="install">Install Go</h2>
 
 <p>
@@ -218,6 +213,12 @@ hello, world
 If you see the "hello, world" message then Go is installed correctly.
 </p>
 
+<h2 id="gopath">Set up your work environment</h2>
+
+<p>
+The document <a href="/doc/code.html">How to Write Go Code</a> explains how to
+set up a work environment in which to build and test Go code.
+</p>
 
 <h2 id="community">Community resources</h2>
 
@@ -241,8 +242,8 @@ Bugs can be reported using the <a href="http://code.google.com/p/go/issues/list"
 <h2 id="releases">Keeping up with releases</h2>
 
 <p>
-The Go project maintains two stable tags in its Mercurial repository:
-<code>release</code> and <code>weekly</code>.
+The Go project maintains a stable tag in its Mercurial repository:
+<code>release</code>.
 </p>
 
 <p>
@@ -263,12 +264,6 @@ $ hg update release
 $ ./all.bash
 </pre>
 
-<p>
-The <code>weekly</code> tag is updated about once a week, and should be used 
-only by those who are actively working on the Go core.
-To use the <code>weekly</code> tag run <code>hg update weekly</code> instead.
-</p>
-
 
 <h2 id="environment">Optional environment variables</h2>
 
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