* Removed old and obsolete ant infrastructure. Developers are now required to

have their own ant installed.
* Rename README to README.txt and bring it up to date.

build/README.txt

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+This is the README file for the Helma build files as part of the Helma Object Publisher.
+
+PREREQUISITES
+=============
+
+The Helma build script is uses Apache Ant. 
+For more information about Ant, see <http://ant.apache.org/>.
+
+For checking out the source files from Helma's CVS you also need a CVS client. 
+More information about CVS at <http://www.cvshome.org/>.
+
+
+STARTING BUILD
+==============
+
+The build system is started by invoking the shell script appropriate to your 
+platform, ie. build.sh for *nix (Linux, NetBSD etc.) and build.bat for Windows 
+systems. You need to modify the script and set the JAVA_HOME to fit your system.
+
+The generic syntax is
+
+    ant target
+
+The parameter "target" specifies one of the build targets listed below.
+
+
+BUILD TARGETS
+=============
+
+compile
+    Compiles the source files contained in the work/checkout/hop/ directory into the work/classes/ directory (which will be created if necessary).
+
+jar
+    Creates a helma.jar file (snapshot) in the lib-directory. The file is named helma-yyyymmdd.jar.
+
+javadocs
+    Creates the javadoc API documentation.
+
+package
+    Creates the full helma distribution packages and places them in the dist directory.
+
+app [name]
+    Gets an application from the cvs, zips/targzs it and places the files in the dist directory.
+
+module [name]
+    Gets a module from the cvs, zips it and places the file in the dist directory.
+
+
+--
+
+
+