texlive[71852] Build/source/README.md: mention that the release

[commits+karl at tug.org]

Revision: 71852
          https://tug.org/svn/texlive?view=revision&revision=71852
Author:   karl
Date:     2024-07-20 01:43:04 +0200 (Sat, 20 Jul 2024)
Log Message:
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mention that the release tarballs are not full systems

Modified Paths:
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    trunk/Build/source/README.md

Modified: trunk/Build/source/README.md
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--- trunk/Build/source/README.md	2024-07-19 23:42:02 UTC (rev 71851)
+++ trunk/Build/source/README.md	2024-07-19 23:43:04 UTC (rev 71852)
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 $Id$
+
 This README.md file exists for people browsing on github.
 
 The TeX-Live project on github (https://github.com/TeX-Live) is a mirror
@@ -5,10 +6,17 @@
 of the upstream Subversion repository (https://tug.org/texlive/svn). We
 use it primarily for automatic building of the sources on several platforms.
 
-We prefer using mailing lists to github: tex-live at tug.org for general
-bugs and discussion, tex-k at tug.org for bugs and patches for the compiled
-programs, and so on. List of TL lists: https://tug.org/texlive/lists.html.
+The releases built here (https://github.com/TeX-Live/texlive-source/releases)
+are not usable TeX systems on their own, but bare binary directories.
+They can be dropped into a TeX Live installation as some bin/newdir and
+they should work, including resolving the dangling symlinks that are in
+the bare tarballs.
 
+For reports and other feedback, we prefer using mailing lists:
+tex-live at tug.org for general bugs and discussion, tex-k at tug.org for bugs
+and patches for the compiled programs, and so on. All the TL mailing
+lists: https://tug.org/texlive/lists.html.
+
 However, if you prefer to open issues or submit PRs on github, that's
 ok. We will see them and will reply as soon as we can.
 
@@ -16,5 +24,5 @@
 maintainer, however they wish to receive reports, not to any general
 TeX Live list. TL redistributes what is uploaded to CTAN without changes.
 
-For information about the source tree here, see the ./README file here,
-not this README.md.
+For technical information about the source tree here, see the ./README
+file here, not this README.md.