README clarifications

diff --git a/README b/README
index 232a3c61f3ef4c35a19ce2b85249ddfe28f79bb3..5eadcda9ffbf41f1d055aabba21baaa7fa0e2717 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ These are the direct dependencies for running GNUnet:
 - libidn:
   - libidn2 (prefered)
   or
-  - libidn             >= 1.0
+  - libidn           >= 1.0
 - libextractor       >= 0.6.1       (highly recommended)
 - openssl            >= 1.0         (binary, used to generate X.509 certificate
                                      for gnunet-gns-proxy-setup-ca)
@@ -54,36 +54,36 @@ These are the direct dependencies for running GNUnet:
 - Texinfo            >= 5.2         [*1]
 - makeinfo           >= 4.8
 - make[*3]
-- which                             (bootstrap script and some Makefiles)
+- which                             (some Makefiles)
 - gettext
 - zlib
 
 
 These are the dependencies for GNUnet's testsuite:
 
-- Bash                              (optional (?), for some tests)
-- python             >= 3.7         (optional, only python 3.7 is supported)
-- python-future      >= 3.7         (optional, only python 3.7 is supported)
+- Bash                              (optional (?[*4]), for some tests)
+- python             >= 3.7         (only python 3.7 is supported)
+- python-future      >= 3.7         (only python 3.7 is supported)
 
 
 These are the optional dependencies:
 
-- libopus            >= 1.0.1       (optional, for experimental conversation tool)
-- libpulse           >= 2.0         (optional, for experimental conversation tool)
-- libogg             >= 1.3.0       (optional, for experimental conversation tool)
-- libnss                            (optional, certtool binary (for convenient installation of GNS proxy))
-- python2.7-future                  (optional, for gnunet-qr)
-- python-zbar        >= 0.10        (optional, for gnunet-qr)
-- TeX Live           >= 2012        (optional, for gnunet-bcd[*])
-- texi2mdoc                         (optional, for automatic mdoc generation [*2])
-- libglpk            >= 4.45        (optional, for experimental code)
-- perl5                             (optional, for some utilities)
-- guile              1.6.4          (or later up to 1.8?, optional for gnunet-download-manager)
-- python2.7          >= 2.7         (optional, for gnunet-qr, only python 2.7 is supported)
-- bluez                             (optional, for bluetooth support)
+- libopus            >= 1.0.1       (for experimental conversation tool)
+- libpulse           >= 2.0         (for experimental conversation tool)
+- libogg             >= 1.3.0       (for experimental conversation tool)
+- libnss                            (certtool binary (for convenient installation of GNS proxy))
+- python2.7-future                  (for gnunet-qr)
+- python-zbar        >= 0.10        (for gnunet-qr)
+- TeX Live           >= 2012        (for gnunet-bcd[*])
+- texi2mdoc                         (for automatic mdoc generation [*2])
+- libglpk            >= 4.45        (for experimental code)
+- perl5                             (for some utilities)
+- guile              1.6.4          (or later up to 1.8?, for gnunet-download-manager)
+- python2.7          >= 2.7         (for gnunet-qr, only python 2.7 is supported)
+- bluez                             (for bluetooth support)
 - miniupnpc
-- libpbc             >= 0.5.14      (optional, for Attribute-Based Encryption and Identity Provider functionality)
-- libgabe                           (optional, for Attribute-Based Encryption and Identity Provider functionality,
+- libpbc             >= 0.5.14      (for Attribute-Based Encryption and Identity Provider functionality)
+- libgabe                           (for Attribute-Based Encryption and Identity Provider functionality,
                                     from https://github.com/schanzen/libgabe)
 
 Recommended autotools for compiling the Git version are:
@@ -113,6 +113,11 @@ Recommended autotools for compiling the Git version are:
      you, open a bug so that we can get a more portable
      fix in.
 
+[*4] We are commited  to portable tools and solutions
+     where possible. While the shellscripts work with
+     NetBSD's sh, there's no warranty some bashisms
+     are leftover.
+
 Requirements
 ============