From 9f4d9c6a443ff0b6f847f0d0e1054cd140aeb7d5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: zhangkun83 Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 10:57:00 -0700 Subject: Clarify the usage and the versioning of the artifact --- protoc-artifacts/README.md | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'protoc-artifacts/README.md') diff --git a/protoc-artifacts/README.md b/protoc-artifacts/README.md index 136ae4a6..3d48ed22 100644 --- a/protoc-artifacts/README.md +++ b/protoc-artifacts/README.md @@ -4,7 +4,12 @@ for the messages and/or RPC services from ``.proto`` files. Because ``protoc`` is a native executable, the scripts under this directory build and publish a ``protoc`` executable (a.k.a. artifact) to Maven -repositories. +repositories. The artifact can be used by build automation tools so that users +would not need to compile and install ``protoc`` for their systems. + +## Versioning +The version of the ``protoc`` artifact must be the same as the version of the +Protobuf project. ## Artifact name The name of a published ``protoc`` artifact is in the following format: -- cgit v1.2.3