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inotify: update installation information

inotify is shipped in Mercurial since 1.0, which greatly simplifies the installation process
author Nicolas Dumazet <nicdumz.commits@gmail.com>
date Sun Dec 13 16:35:56 2009 +0900 (2009-12-13)
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bos@599 5 <div class="navheader"><h1 class="booktitle">Mercurial: The Definitive Guide<div class="authors">by Bryan O'Sullivan</div></h1></div>
bos@598 6
bos@598 7 <div class="book">
bos@598 8 <h2>Welcome to Mercurial: The Definitive Guide</h2>
bos@598 9
bos@598 10 <p>This is the online home of the book &#8220;Mercurial: The
bos@598 11 Definitive Guide&#8221;.
bos@868 12 It was published in 2009 by O'Reilly Media.</p>
bos@598 13
bos@869 14 <p><a href="http://www.selenic.com/mercurial">Mercurial</a> is a
bos@869 15 fast, lightweight source control management system
bos@869 16 designed for easy and efficient handling of very large distributed
bos@869 17 projects. My book tells you what it is, why you should care, and
bos@869 18 how you can use it effectively.</p>
bos@869 19
bos@868 20 <h2>Read it online</h2>
bos@868 21
bos@868 22 <p>I make the content freely available online: you
bos@868 23 can <a href="/read/"><i>read it here</i></a>. If you like it,
bos@868 24 please <a href="#buy">buy a copy</a>!</p>
bos@598 25
bos@598 26 <p>For news updates, please
bos@868 27 visit <a href="http://www.serpentine.com/blog/">my blog</a>. You
bos@868 28 should follow me on
bos@868 29 Twitter <a href="http://twitter.com/bos31337">here</a>.</p>
bos@598 30
bos@868 31 <h2><a name="#buy">How</a> to buy</h2>
bos@868 32
bos@868 33 <p>If you like the book, please support the work of the Software
bos@868 34 Freedom Conservancy (<a href="#sfc">see below</a>) by buying a
bos@868 35 copy.</p>
bos@868 36
bos@868 37 <ul>
bos@868 38 <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596800673?ie=UTF8&tag=reaworhas-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0596800673">Amazon.com</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=reaworhas-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0596800673" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li>
bos@868 39 <li><a href="http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596800673/">O'Reilly Media</a></li>
bos@868 40 </ul>
bos@868 41
bos@868 42 <h2>You should contribute!</h2>
bos@598 43
bos@683 44 <p>I publish the source code for this book
bos@868 45 as <a href="http://bitbucket.org/bos/hgbook">a
bos@683 46 Mercurial repository</a>. Please feel
bos@598 47 welcome to clone it, make modifications to your copy, and send me
bos@683 48 changes. Getting a copy of the source takes just a few seconds if
bos@683 49 you have Mercurial installed:</p>
bos@683 50
bos@868 51 <pre class="screen">hg clone http://bitbucket.org/bos/hgbook</pre>
bos@598 52
bos@598 53 <p>The online version of the book includes a comment system
bos@598 54 that you can use to send feedback involving errors, omissions, and
bos@598 55 suggestions.</p>
bos@598 56
bos@598 57 <p>(If you would like to adapt the comment system for a
bos@598 58 publishing project of your own, the source for the web application
bos@599 59 is included with the book source at the link above.)</p>
bos@598 60
bos@868 61 <h2><a name="sfc">How</a> I help Mercurial and free software, and
bos@868 62 you can too</h2>
bos@598 63
bos@598 64 <p>Mercurial is a member of the <a href="http://conservancy.softwarefreedom.org/">Software Freedom Conservancy</a>, a
bos@598 65 wonderful non-profit organisation that offers its member projects
bos@598 66 legal and administrative advice.</p>
bos@598 67
bos@868 68 <p>I donate my royalties from the sales of this book to the
bos@868 69 Software Freedom Conservancy, and I encourage you to support their
bos@868 70 work, too.</p>
bos@598 71
bos@598 72 <p>The SFC can
bos@598 73 accept <a href="http://conservancy.softwarefreedom.org/?donate">accept
bos@598 74 donations</a> (tax-free under IRS 501(c)(3), within the United
bos@598 75 States) on behalf of its member projects. If you would like to
bos@598 76 support Mercurial directly, please consider making a donation to
bos@598 77 the SFC on its behalf.</p>
bos@598 78
bos@598 79 <p>If you would like to help free software developers to provide
bos@598 80 their important public services without being impeded by legal
bos@598 81 issues, please consider donating to the SFC's sister organisation,
bos@598 82 the <a href="http://www.softwarefreedom.org/">Software Freedom Law
bos@598 83 Center</a>.</p>
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