README: Remove that test line again.

[platform/upstream/gstreamer.git] / README

diff --git a/README b/README
index e96b7cd..908386d 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -3,10 +3,6 @@ WHAT IT IS
 
 This is GStreamer, a framework for streaming media.
 
-This package is in the 0.9.x series.  This means that this is a
-development series leading up to a stable 0.10.x series.
-You have been warned.
-
 WHERE TO START
 --------------
 
@@ -25,8 +21,8 @@ We track bugs in GNOME's bugzilla; see the website for details.
 
 You can join us on IRC - #gstreamer on irc.freenode.org
 
-GStreamer 0.9 development series - Hung by a Thread
----------------------------------------------------
+GStreamer 0.10 series
+---------------------
 
 Starring
 
@@ -145,7 +141,7 @@ PLATFORMS
 - Windows support is experimental but improving.  Output sinks have been
   written but are not yet included in the code. We support
   - MSys/MingW builds
-  - Microsoft Visual Studio 6 builds (see win32/)
+  - Microsoft Visual Studio 6 builds (see win32/README.txt)
 
 INSTALLING FROM PACKAGES
 ------------------------
@@ -176,24 +172,20 @@ COMPILING FROM SOURCE TARBALLS
   make
 
   to build GStreamer.
-- if you want to install it (not required), run
+- if you want to install it (not required, but what you usually want to do), run
   make install
-- You should create a registry for things to work.
-  If you ran make install in the previous step, run
-  gst-register
-  as root.
-
-  If you didn't install, run
-  tools/gst-register
-  as a normal user.
 
 - try out a simple test:
-  gst-launch fakesrc num_buffers=5 ! fakesink
-  (If you didn't install GStreamer, again prefix gst-launch with tools/)
+  gst-launch -v fakesrc num_buffers=5 ! fakesink
+  (If you didn't install GStreamer, prefix gst-launch with tools/)
 
   If it outputs a bunch of messages from fakesrc and fakesink, everything is
   ok.
 
+  If it did not work, keep in mind that you might need to adjust the
+  PATH and/or LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variables to make the system
+  find GStreamer in the prefix where you installed (by default that is /usr/local).
+
 - After this, you're ready to install gst-plugins, which will provide the
   functionality you're probably looking for by now, so go on and read
   that README.