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+.. -*- mode: rst -*-
+
+.. _development-documentation:
+
+Documentation
+=============
+
+There are two parts of documentation in the Bcfg2 project:
+
+* The wiki
+* The manual
+
+
+The wiki
+--------
+.. _Wiki: http://trac.mcs.anl.gov/projects/bcfg2/wiki
+.. _Trac: http://trac.edgewall.org/
+.. _OpenID: https://openid.org/
+.. _MCS: http://www.mcs.anl.gov/
+.. _Argonne National Laboratory: http://www.anl.gov/
+
+A python-based Trac_ instance is used for the Bcfg2 website. The
+Wiki_ part of the website can be edited after you have successful
+logged in. For the login is a vaild OpenID provider needed and an 
+interaction from an administrator. Please request your access to
+the Wiki_ on the :ref:`mailinglist` or in the :ref:`ircchannel`.  
+
+
+The manual
+----------
+.. _rst: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReStructuredText
+.. _Sphinx: http://sphinx.pocoo.org
+.. _Docutils: 
+
+The source for the manual is located in the `doc/` directory in the
+SVN repository or in the source tarball. All files are written in 
+rst_ (ReStructuredText).  For the build process we are using Sphinx_.
+
+Building the Manual
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Install the prerequisites.  Docutils_ and Sphinx_ are needed to build.
+
+ * For Debian (Lenny) the tools are available in the `backports <http://www.backports.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=instructionst>`_ repository; installation can be done with the following::
+   
+    apt-get -t lenny-backports install python-sphinx
+
+ * The needed tools for Fedora based systems are in the `Fedora Package Collection <https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb>`_; installation can be done easily with Yum::
+
+    yum -y install python-sphinx python-docutils
+
+ * Additionally, to build the PDF version:
+
+  * LaTeX
+  * pdftex
+
+* Download the source. Please refer to :ref:`source` for more details.
+
+* Building the HTML version, run the following command in the `doc/` directory. The output will appear in `../build/sphinx/html`::
+
+    python setup.py build_sphinx
+
+* Building the PDF version ::
+  
+   python setup.py build_sphinx --builder=latex 
+   cd build/sphinx/latex
+   make
+
+The latest version of the manual
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The latest version of the manual can always be found
+`on the Four Kitchens server <http://doc.bcfg2.fourkitchens.com/>`_.
+
+This is an auto-updated from the `Launchpad mirror <https://code.launchpad.net/~vcs-imports/bcfg2/trunk>`_.