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+                         _________________________
+                         P     H     I     N     G
+
+
+
+  What is it?
+  -----------
+
+  Phing is a PHP based build tool. In theory it is kind of like "make"
+  without makes drawbacks and with the full portability and performance
+  of PHP. (PH)pmake (I)s (N)ot (G)numake
+  
+  Why?
+  ----
+
+  Why another build tool when there is already make, gnumake, nmake, jam, ant,
+  and others? Because all those tools have limitations that the binarycloud
+  development team could not live with when developing software across
+  different platforms. Make-like tools are inherently shell-based: they
+  evaluate a set of dependencies, then execute commands not unlike what you
+  would issue on a shell.
+  
+  This means that you can easily extend these tools by using or writing any
+  program for the OS that you are working on; however, this also means that
+  you limit yourself to the OS, or at least the OS type, such as Unix, that
+  you are working on.
+
+  Makefiles are inherently evil as well. Anybody who has worked on them for
+  any time has run into the dreaded tab problem. "Is my command not executing
+  because I have a space in front of my tab?!!". Tools like Jam took care of
+  this to a great degree, but still have yet another format to use and
+  remember. Of course there is the Java based build tool ant, that is very
+  good approach to what now Phing is. But still based on Java you have to have
+  at least a running JRE installation on your plattfrom.
+  Great for Java projects but we thought this is very consistent way to build
+  a PHP based project. Additionally ant does not support a autoconf tool that
+  writes out proper buildfiles based on some simple rules prior defined in a
+  XML Configuration file.
+
+  Phing is different. Instead of a model where it is extended with shell-based
+  commands, Phing is extended using PHP classes. Instead of writing shell
+  commands, the configuration files are XML-based, calling a target tree where
+  various tasks get executed. Each task is run by an object that implements
+  a particular Task action.
+  
+  Of course, this removes some of the expressive power that is inherent in
+  being able to construct a shell command such as
+    % `find . -name foo -exec rm {}`
+  but it gives you the ability to be cross-platform - to work anywhere and
+  everywhere. And if you really need to execute a shell command, Phing has an <exec>
+  task that allows different commands to be executed based on the operating
+  system it is executing on.
+
+  The Latest Version
+  ------------------
+
+  Details of the latest version can be found on the Phing homepage
+  <http://phing.info/>.
+
+  Documentation
+  -------------
+
+  Documentation is available in XHTML format in the docs/ directory. In particular, 
+  open the docs/phing_guide/book/index.html in a frames-compatible browser to see the 
+  phing user guide.
+
+  For installing see INSTALL.<platform> files in the Phing root.
+
+  Licensing
+  ---------
+
+  This software is licensed under the terms you may find in the file
+  named "LICENSE" in this directory.
+
+  Thanks for using PHING.
+
+
+  --$Id: README,v 1.4 2004/03/20 04:14:35 hlellelid Exp $