Merge pull request #121 from zopefoundation/4-simplify-README

Simplify the README file to avoid out of date information

DEVELOPERS.rst

+Testing for Developers
+======================
+
+The ZODB checkouts are `buildouts <http://www.python.org/pypi/zc.buildout>`_.
+When working from a ZODB checkout, first run the bootstrap.py script
+to initialize the buildout:
+
+    % python bootstrap.py
+
+and then use the buildout script to build ZODB and gather the dependencies:
+
+    % bin/buildout
+
+This creates a test script:
+
+    % bin/test -v
+
+This command will run all the tests, printing a single dot for each
+test.  When it finishes, it will print a test summary.  The exact
+number of tests can vary depending on platform and available
+third-party libraries.::
+
+    Ran 1182 tests in 241.269s
+
+    OK
+
+The test script has many more options.  Use the ``-h`` or ``--help``
+options to see a file list of options.  The default test suite omits
+several tests that depend on third-party software or that take a long
+time to run.  To run all the available tests use the ``--all`` option.
+Running all the tests takes much longer.::
+
+    Ran 1561 tests in 1461.557s
+
+    OK

README.rst

@@ -13,99 +13,6 @@ suite should pass without error on these platforms and, hopefully,
 Windows, although it can take a long time on Windows -- longer if you
 use ZoneAlarm.
 
-Compatibility
-=============
-
-ZODB 4.3 requires Python 2.7 or Python >= 3.3.
-
-Travis: |buildstatus|_
-winbot: |winbotstatus|_
-
-Prerequisites
-=============
-
-You must have Python installed. If you're using a system Python
-install, make sure development support is installed too.
-
-You also need the transaction, BTrees, persistent, six, zc.lockfile, ZConfig,
-zodbpickle, zope.interface packages, and optionally manuel and zope.testing.
-If you don't have them and you can connect to the Python Package Index,
-then these will be installed for you if you don't have them.
-
-Installation
-============
-
-ZODB is released as a distutils package.  The easiest ways to build
-and install it are to use `easy_install
-<http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/EasyInstall>`_, or
-`zc.buildout <http://www.python.org/pypi/zc.buildout>`_.
-
-To install by hand, first install the dependencies listed in `Prerequisites`_.
-These can be found in the `Python Package Index <http://www.python.org/pypi>`_.
-
-To run the tests, use the test setup command::
-
-  python setup.py test
-
-It will download dependencies if needed.  If this happens, ou may get
-an import error when the test command gets to looking for tests.  Try
-running the test command a second time and you should see the tests
-run.
-
-::
-
-  python setup.py test
-
-To install, use the install command::
-
-  python setup.py install
-
-
-Testing for Developers
-======================
-
-The ZODB checkouts are `buildouts <http://www.python.org/pypi/zc.buildout>`_.
-When working from a ZODB checkout, first run the bootstrap.py script
-to initialize the buildout:
-
-    % python bootstrap.py
-
-and then use the buildout script to build ZODB and gather the dependencies:
-
-    % bin/buildout
-
-This creates a test script:
-
-    % bin/test -v
-
-This command will run all the tests, printing a single dot for each
-test.  When it finishes, it will print a test summary.  The exact
-number of tests can vary depending on platform and available
-third-party libraries.::
-
-    Ran 1182 tests in 241.269s
-
-    OK
-
-The test script has many more options.  Use the ``-h`` or ``--help``
-options to see a file list of options.  The default test suite omits
-several tests that depend on third-party software or that take a long
-time to run.  To run all the available tests use the ``--all`` option.
-Running all the tests takes much longer.::
-
-    Ran 1561 tests in 1461.557s
-
-    OK
-
-
-Maintenance scripts
--------------------
-
-Several scripts are provided with the ZODB and can help for analyzing,
-debugging, checking for consistency, summarizing content, reporting space used
-by objects, doing backups, artificial load testing, etc.
-Look at the ZODB/script directory for more informations.
-
 License
 =======
 
@@ -117,32 +24,3 @@ More information
 ================
 
 See http://zodb.org/
-
-There is a Mailman mailing list in place to discuss all issues related
-to ZODB.  You can send questions to
-
-    zodb-dev@zope.org
-
-or subscribe at
-
-    http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zodb-dev
-
-and view its archives at
-
-    http://lists.zope.org/pipermail/zodb-dev
-
-Note that Zope Corp mailing lists have a subscriber-only posting policy.
-
-Bugs and Patches
-================
-
-Bug reports and patches should be added to the Launchpad:
-
-    https://launchpad.net/zodb
-
-
-.. |buildstatus| image:: https://api.travis-ci.org/zopefoundation/ZODB.png?branch=master
-.. _buildstatus: https://travis-ci.org/zopefoundation/ZODB
-
-.. |winbotstatus| image:: http://winbot.zope.org/buildstatusimage?builder=ZODB_dev%20py_270_win64&number=-1
-.. _winbotstatus: http://winbot.zope.org/builders/ZODB_dev%20py_270_win64/builds/-1