Merge pull request #4792 from SethTisue/round-of-readme-updates

misc upgrades to README

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 27 deletions

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c8f3f206c4..093912aaad 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -40,16 +40,12 @@ P.S.: If you have some spare time to help out around here, we would be delighted
 
 # Handy Links
   - [A wealth of documentation](http://docs.scala-lang.org)
+  - [mailing lists](http://www.scala-lang.org/community/)
+  - [Gitter room for Scala contributors](https://gitter.im/scala/contributors)
   - [Scala CI](https://scala-ci.typesafe.com/)
-  - [Download the latest nightly](http://www.scala-lang.org/files/archive/nightly/2.11.x/)
-  - [(Deprecated) Scala CI at EPFL](https://scala-webapps.epfl.ch/jenkins/)
-  - Scala mailing lists:
-    - [Compiler and standard library development](https://groups.google.com/group/scala-internals)
-    - [Users of Scala](https://groups.google.com/group/scala-user)
-    - [Scala language discussion](https://groups.google.com/group/scala-language)
-    - [Scala Improvement Process](https://groups.google.com/group/scala-sips)
-    - [Debate](https://groups.google.com/group/scala-debate)
-    - [Announcements](https://groups.google.com/group/scala-announce)
+  - download the latest nightlies:
+      - [2.11.x](http://www.scala-lang.org/files/archive/nightly/2.11.x/)
+      - [2.12.x](http://www.scala-lang.org/files/archive/nightly/2.12.x/)
 
 # Repository structure
 
@@ -74,7 +70,11 @@ scala/
 
 ## Requirements
 
-You'll need a Java SDK (6 or newer), Apache Ant (version 1.9.0 or above), and curl (for `./pull-binary-libs.sh`).
+You'll need a Java SDK.  The baseline version is 6 for 2.11.x, 8 for
+2.12.x. (It's also possible to use a later SDK for local development,
+but the CI will verify against the baseline version.)
+
+You'll also need Apache Ant (version 1.9.0 or above) and curl (for `./pull-binary-libs.sh`).
 
 ## Git Hygiene
 
@@ -129,25 +129,10 @@ Here, `<milestone>` is the milestone targeted by the PR (e.g., 2.11.6), and `<sh
 
 ## IDE Setup
 ### Eclipse
-Download the [Scala IDE bundle](http://scala-ide.org/download/sdk.html). It comes preconfigured for optimal performance.
-
-  - Run `ant init` to download some necessary jars.
-  - Import the project (in `src/eclipse`) via `File` → `Import Existing Projects into Workspace`. Check all projects and click ok.
-
-For important details on building, debugging and file encodings, please see [the excellent tutorial on scala-ide.org](http://scala-ide.org/docs/tutorials/scalac-trunk/index.html) and the included README.md in src/eclipse.
+See `src/eclipse/README.md`.
 
 ### IntelliJ 14
-Use the latest IntelliJ IDEA release and install the Scala plugin from within the IDE.
-
-The following steps are required to use IntelliJ IDEA on Scala trunk
- - Run `ant init`. This will download some JARs to `./build/deps`, which are included in IntelliJ's classpath.
- - Run `./src/intellij/setup.sh`.
- - Open `./src/intellij/scala.ipr` in IntelliJ.
- - `File` → `Project Structure` → `Project` → `Project SDK`. Create an SDK entry named "1.6" containing the Java 1.6 SDK.
-   (You may use a later SDK for local development, but the CI will verify against Java 6.)
-
-Compilation within IDEA is performed in `-Dlocker.skip=1` mode: the sources are built
-directly using the STARR compiler (which is downloaded from [the Central Repository](http://central.sonatype.org/), according to `starr.version` in `versions.properties`).
+See `src/intellij/README.md`.
 
 ## Building with sbt (EXPERIMENTAL)