Newbie developer's information

At 04:17 PM 3/12/2003 -0500, David Hill \(php.net\) wrote:
>As a newbie commiter, still wet behind the ears, I would have *really*
>appreciated a page that was a little clearer and a bit more up to date
>than what I started with. My sources of information README.CVS-RULES,
>the building from cvs web page) were very good, but missed some vital
>clues. While many have been very patient with me (thanks), I found it
>frustrating to ask questions that seem to be obvious to others ....
>like:
>
>* trying to build php4 head for two days, only to be told that I
>should be building PHP_4_3 or php5 head.
>* forgetting about re2c, which is not mentioned anywhere that I could
>find, but I found through freshmeat and had a lovely time trying to
>build :-)
>
>I am taking note of the problems I encountered and was planning on
>updating something (README.CVS-RULES ?) after another week or so.

Improvements would be welcome. I'm not sure where the best place would be. 
Maybe on the web site?

Andi