README: reflect report that WSL works fine

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@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ Reasons you might want to avoid bup
    of corruption.
  
  - It currently only works on Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OS X >= 10.4,
    of corruption.
  
  - It currently only works on Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OS X >= 10.4,

-   Solaris, or Windows (with Cygwin, and maybe with WSL).  Patches to
-   support other platforms are welcome.
+   Solaris, or Windows (with Cygwin, and WSL).  Patches to support
+   other platforms are welcome.

 
  - Until resolved, a [glibc bug](https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26034)
    might cause bup to crash on startup for some (unusual) command line
 
  - Until resolved, a [glibc bug](https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26034)
    might cause bup to crash on startup for some (unusual) command line


@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ Reasons you might want to avoid bup
 Notable changes introduced by a release
 =======================================
 
 Notable changes introduced by a release
 =======================================
 

+ - <a href="note/0.31-from-0.30.1.md">Changes in 0.31 as compared to 0.30.1</a>

  - <a href="note/0.30.1-from-0.30.md">Changes in 0.30.1 as compared to 0.30</a>
  - <a href="note/0.30-from-0.29.3.md">Changes in 0.30 as compared to 0.29.3</a>
  - <a href="note/0.29.3-from-0.29.2.md">Changes in 0.29.3 as compared to 0.29.2</a>
  - <a href="note/0.30.1-from-0.30.md">Changes in 0.30.1 as compared to 0.30</a>
  - <a href="note/0.30-from-0.29.3.md">Changes in 0.30 as compared to 0.29.3</a>
  - <a href="note/0.29.3-from-0.29.2.md">Changes in 0.29.3 as compared to 0.29.2</a>


@@ -148,9 +149,10 @@ From source
 
     ```sh
     apt-get install python2.7-dev python-fuse
 
     ```sh
     apt-get install python2.7-dev python-fuse

-    apt-get install python-pyxattr python-pylibacl
-    apt-get install linux-libc-dev
+    apt-get install python-pyxattr
+    apt-get install pkg-config linux-libc-dev libacl1-dev

     apt-get install acl attr
     apt-get install acl attr

+    apt-get isntall python-pytest-xdist # optional (parallel tests)

     apt-get install libreadline-dev # optional (bup ftp)
     apt-get install python-tornado # optional (bup web)
     ```
     apt-get install libreadline-dev # optional (bup ftp)
     apt-get install python-tornado # optional (bup web)
     ```


@@ -160,15 +162,15 @@ From source
 
     ```sh
     yum groupinstall "Development Tools"
 
     ```sh
     yum groupinstall "Development Tools"

-    yum install python python-devel
-    yum install fuse-python pyxattr pylibacl
+    yum install python python-devel libacl-devel
+    yum install fuse-python pyxattr

     yum install perl-Time-HiRes
     yum install readline-devel # optional (bup ftp)
     yum install python-tornado # optional (bup web)
     ```
 
    In addition to the default CentOS repositories, you may need to add
     yum install perl-Time-HiRes
     yum install readline-devel # optional (bup ftp)
     yum install python-tornado # optional (bup web)
     ```
 
    In addition to the default CentOS repositories, you may need to add

-   RPMForge (for fuse-python) and EPEL (for pyxattr and pylibacl).
+   RPMForge (for fuse-python) and EPEL (for pyxattr).

 
    On Cygwin, install python, make, rsync, and gcc4.
 
 
    On Cygwin, install python, make, rsync, and gcc4.
 


@@ -197,6 +199,14 @@ From source
     make check
     ```
        
     make check
     ```
        

+    If you have the Python xdist module installed, then you can
+    probably run the tests faster by adding the make -j option (see <a
+    href="HACKING">./HACKING</a> for additional information):
+
+    ```sh
+    make -j check
+    ```
+

     The tests should pass.  If they don't pass for you, stop here and
     send an email to bup-list@googlegroups.com.  Though if there are
     symbolic links along the current working directory path, the tests
     The tests should pass.  If they don't pass for you, stop here and
     send an email to bup-list@googlegroups.com.  Though if there are
     symbolic links along the current working directory path, the tests


@@ -452,20 +462,20 @@ Notes on NetBSD/pkgsrc
    cycle and error out, so "ls -R" and "find" will not work.
 
  - There is no support for ACLs.  If/when some enterprising person
    cycle and error out, so "ls -R" and "find" will not work.
 
  - There is no support for ACLs.  If/when some enterprising person

-   fixes this, adjust t/compare-trees.
+   fixes this, adjust dev/compare-trees.

 
 
 Notes on Cygwin
 ---------------
 
  - There is no support for ACLs.  If/when some enterprising person
 
 
 Notes on Cygwin
 ---------------
 
  - There is no support for ACLs.  If/when some enterprising person

-   fixes this, adjust t/compare-trees.
+   fixes this, adjust dev/compare-trees.

 
 

- - In t/test.sh, two tests have been disabled.  These tests check to
-   see that repeated saves produce identical trees and that an
-   intervening index doesn't change the SHA1.  Apparently Cygwin has
-   some unusual behaviors with respect to access times (that probably
-   warrant further investigation).  Possibly related:
+ - In test/ext/test-misc, two tests have been disabled.  These tests
+   check to see that repeated saves produce identical trees and that
+   an intervening index doesn't change the SHA1.  Apparently Cygwin
+   has some unusual behaviors with respect to access times (that
+   probably warrant further investigation).  Possibly related:

    http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2007-06/msg00436.html
 
 
    http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2007-06/msg00436.html
 
 


@@ -473,7 +483,7 @@ Notes on OS X
 -------------
 
  - There is no support for ACLs.  If/when some enterprising person
 -------------
 
  - There is no support for ACLs.  If/when some enterprising person

-   fixes this, adjust t/compare-trees.
+   fixes this, adjust dev/compare-trees.

 
 
 How it works
 
 
 How it works