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+SlackBuild scripts for Slackware
+================================
+
+Those are [SlackBuilds](https://docs.slackware.com/slackware:slackbuild_scripts)
+that I wrote for my Slackware installations.
+
+
+Target Slackware versions
+-------------------------
+Each branch in this repository contains SlackBuild targeting a specific
+version of Slackware. Normally, only one branch is “active” at any given time:
+the branch for whatever version of Slackware I am currently using—I do not
+maintain my SlackBuilds for other versions.
+
+The current active branch is *current-20191101*. This branch targets a
+snapshot of Slackware-current taken on 1 November 2019. Note that I do not
+*track* -current: those SlackBuilds will *not* be regularly updated to reflect
+changes happening on -current. Instead, after an arbitrarily defined period of
+time, I will take another snapshot of -current and use that as the new target
+version, and progressively update all the SlackBuilds accordingly. I will
+repeat that until Slackware-15.0 is released.
+
+The *slackware-14.2* branch is now mostly inactive as I have switched to
+-current. However, as an exception to the above rule about maintaining
+SlackBuilds for one version only, I still maintain—for now at least—all the
+SlackBuilds in that branch related to the modern branch of *GnuPG* (that is,
+*n/gnupg* itself and all its dependencies).
+
+
+Disclaimer
+----------
+All those SlackBuilds are primarily intended for my own usage. Of course
+everyone is free to use them as they see fit, but please understand that
+you’re doing that at your own risks.
+
+I used to also provide pre-compiled packages, which I made available as a
+*slapt-get*-compatible source directory. I don’t advertise those packages
+anymore and the publication of the directory is discontinued.
+
+
+Copying
+-------
+All my SlackBuilds are distributed under the terms of a 1-clause BSD like
+license, which is included in each SlackBuild script.
+
+
+Homepage and repository
+-----------------------
+The homepage is located at https://incenp.org/dvlpt/slackbuilds.html. The
+repository is available online at https://git.incenp.org/damien/slackbuilds.