Migrate all xrange calls to range in bup.compat

[bup.git] / README.md

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4521e30f9c055c6fd6afdbfdc01014e8ca2ab421..894e7648d6e7a45cca8c401e83c97f7761aa6894 100644 (file)
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -67,12 +67,12 @@ bup has a few advantages over other backup software:
 Reasons you might want to avoid bup
 -----------------------------------
 
- - This is a very early version. Therefore it will most probably not work
-   for you, but we don't know why.  It is also missing some
-   probably-critical features.
+ - It's not remotely as well tested as something like tar, so it's
+   more likely to eat your data.  It's also missing some
+   probably-critical features, though fewer than it used to be.
    
  - It requires python >= 2.6, a C compiler, and an installed git
-   version >= 1.5.3.1.  It also requires par2 if you want fsck to be
+   version >= 1.5.6.  It also requires par2 if you want fsck to be
    able to generate the information needed to recover from some types
    of corruption.
  
@@ -209,7 +209,9 @@ Using bup
         bup help restore
         ...
 
- - Initialize the default BUP_DIR (~/.bup):
+ - Initialize the default BUP_DIR (~/.bup -- you can choose another by
+   either specifying `bup -d DIR ...` or setting the `BUP_DIR`
+   environment variable for a command):
 
         bup init
 
@@ -296,7 +298,7 @@ Using bup
  - Look at how little extra space your second backup used on top of
    the first:
  
-       du -s ~/.bup
+        du -s ~/.bup
        
  - Restore the first tar backup again (the ~1 is git notation for "one
    older than the most recent"):
@@ -517,7 +519,7 @@ mailing list (see below) if you'd like to help.
     
  - bup needs better documentation.
  
-    According to a recent article about bup in Linux Weekly News
+    According to an article about bup in Linux Weekly News
     (https://lwn.net/Articles/380983/), "it's a bit short on examples and
     a user guide would be nice."  Documentation is the sort of thing that
     will never be great unless someone from outside contributes it (since