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Copyright 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation.
Contributed by the Spaces project, INRIA Lorraine.

This file is part of the MPFR Library.

The MPFR Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (either version 2.1
of the License, or, at your option, any later version) and the GNU General
Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation (most of MPFR is
under the former, some under the latter).

The MPFR Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser General Public
License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
along with the MPFR Library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to
the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Place, Fifth Floor, Boston,
MA 02110-1301, USA.

##############################################################################

The MPFR distribution contains the following files:
(This does not apply to code retrieved by CVS.)

AUTHORS     - the authors of the library
BUGS        - bugs in MPFR - please read this file!
COPYING     - the GNU General Public License, version 2
COPYING.LIB - the GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1
ChangeLog   - the log of changes
FAQ.html    - frequently asked questions about MPFR
INSTALL     - how to install MPFR (see also mpfr.texi)
Makefile*   - files for building the library
NEWS        - new features with respect to previous versions
README      - this file
TODO        - what remains to do (any help is welcome!)
VERSION     - version of MPFR (next release version if taken from CVS)
ac*.m4      - automatic configuration files
*.c         - source files
*.h         - header files
config.*    - auxiliary installation files
configure*  - configuration files
depcomp     - auxiliary installation file
fdl.texi    - the GNU Free Documentation License
install-sh  - installation file
missing     - auxiliary installation file
mkinst*     - auxiliary installation file
mpfr.info   - info file for MPFR
mpfr.texi   - texinfo documentation for MPFR
tests/      - test directory
texinfo.tex - TeX macros to handle mpfr.texi


You can get the latest source code by Subversion at InriaGforge:

  svn co svn://scm.gforge.inria.fr/svn/mpfr/trunk mpfr

(the last argument can be any name). You can use

  svn ls svn://scm.gforge.inria.fr/svn/mpfr/branches
  svn ls svn://scm.gforge.inria.fr/svn/mpfr/tags

to get the list of branches or tags (releases). More information
about Subversion:

  * http://svnbook.red-bean.com/ (the official SVN book)
  * http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/SvnHelp (written for GCC developers,
    but interesting general information can be found there)

Subversion users should read the file "README.dev".

Note: the CVS repository at cvs-sop.inria.fr is now closed.