misc. stuff:

- Improved readmes.
- Fixed incorrect definition of kint32min.
- Fixed absolute output paths on Windows.
- Added info to Java POM that will be required when we upload the
  package to a Maven repo.

1 files changed, 30 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/java/README.txt b/java/README.txt
index 3bb69236..050bbfe7 100644
--- a/java/README.txt
+++ b/java/README.txt
@@ -3,8 +3,11 @@ Copyright 2008 Google Inc.
 
 This directory contains the Java Protocol Buffers runtime library.
 
-Installation
-============
+Installation - With Maven
+=========================
+
+The Protocol Buffers build is managed using Maven.  If you would
+rather build without Maven, see the next section.
 
 1) Install Apache Maven if you don't have it:
 
@@ -37,6 +40,31 @@ Installation
 
    The .jar will be placed in the "target" directory.
 
+Installation - Without Maven
+============================
+
+If you would rather not install Maven to build the library, you may
+follow these instructions instead.  Note that these instructions skip
+running unit tests.
+
+1) Build the C++ code, or obtain a binary distribution of protoc.  If
+   you install a binary distribution, make sure that it is the same
+   version as this package.  If in doubt, run:
+
+     $ protoc --version
+
+   If you built the C++ code without installing, the compiler binary
+   should be located in ../src.
+
+2) Invoke protoc to build DescriptorProtos.java:
+
+     $ protoc --java_out=src/main/java -I../src \
+         ../src/google/protobuf/descriptor.proto
+
+3) Compile the code in src/main/java using whatever means you prefer.
+
+4) Install the classes wherever you prefer.
+
 Usage
 =====