diff doc/installation.txt @ 6629:6fe56720e13d

Remove windows installer directions, update disrributions We no longer supply a windows installer. Removed section describing it. Replace debian with Gentoo distribution and verified that NetBSD still offers roundup (1.4.19) with it's packging tools. Also added note that distributions may have old versions and you should get it from the roundup web site or pypi.
author John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
date Mon, 04 Apr 2022 21:38:50 -0400
parents 637501e529f3
children 7545d3a3a307
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--- a/doc/installation.txt	Sun Mar 27 13:57:04 2022 -0400
+++ b/doc/installation.txt	Mon Apr 04 21:38:50 2022 -0400
@@ -49,15 +49,6 @@
 installed for Roundup installation to work. Debian and derivatives, are
 known to require this.
 
-If you are using the Roundup Windows installer on a 64 bit system and
-you get the error message::
-
-  "No Python installation found in the registry"
-
-you need to install a 32 bit version of python. The 64 bit versions
-use a different registry key that the installer doesn't detect. See:
-https://issues.roundup-tracker.org/issue2550718 for details.
-
 Optional Components
 ===================
 
@@ -154,10 +145,12 @@
 ===============
 
 .. note::
-    Some systems, such as Debian and NetBSD, already have Roundup
+    Some systems, such as Gentoo and NetBSD, already have Roundup
     installed. Try running the command "roundup-admin" with no arguments,
     and if it runs you may skip the `Basic Installation Steps`_
     below and go straight to `configuring your first tracker`_.
+    However they may install an old version, so you are probably
+    beter off installing it from the roundup web site or pypi.
 
 Download the latest version from https://www.roundup-tracker.org/.
 

Roundup Issue Tracker: http://roundup-tracker.org/