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-MANIFEST:
- * gdcmlib is a library dedicated to reading and writing dicom files.
- * LGPL for the license
- * lightweigth as opposed to CTN or DCMTK which come bundled which try
-   to implement the full DICOM standard (networking...). gdcmlib concentrates
-   on reading and writing files (if you want DICOMNET, forget it).
- * Formats: this lib should be able to read ACR-NEMA v1 and v2, Dicom v3 (as
-   stated in part10). [cf dcmtk/dcmdata/docs/datadict.txt]
- * Targeted plateforms: Un*xes and Win32/VC++6.0
-
-REQUIREMENTS:
- * a C++ compiler with the <list> and <map> STL containers.
- * the python wrappers require Swig version >= 1.3.17 for handling member
-   overloading, shadow classes and static methods.
+For a general introduction/features/limitations/requirement please
+refer to http://www.creatis.insa-lyon.fr/Public/Gdcm
+
+Just a quick note on the build process of GDCM. GDCM build process
+make use of the cmake software(*). This allow us:
+1. To get rid of the autoconf/autotools insanity
+2. Transparently generate Unix Makefiles, NMake Makefiles, 
+Borland Makefiles, VS6/7/8 Project, XCode 1.5...
+3. Automatic nightly testing, one of the most important thing
+for a robust library/software devlpt process. GDCM devpt is develop
+based on the XP definition, and to preserve backward compatibility 
+make sure that code is working from one release to another: each night
+we configure, we build and we test GDCM. The result are then send to 
+the dashboard located at:
+
+   http://public.kitware.com/dashboard.php?name=gdcm
+
+A continuous dashboard make also sure that aby commit did not introduce
+any error on another plateform, a warning or broke a test...
+
+Therefore you should be able to use GDCM from the bleeding edge without
+knowing to much on what is going on. All you need to do is have a look
+at the GDCM dashboard, and if your plateform is 'green' then you can 
+update your cvs copy and compile safely knowing that there are very few chances
+that something won't work. Cheers !
+
+
+(*) http://www.cmake.org for more information