Update the distribution information.

git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/branches/ruby_1_8@11801 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e

2 files changed, 27 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/README b/README
index 69a17059bd..df0d6e701d 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -22,13 +22,24 @@ Perl).  It is simple, straight-forward, and extensible.
 
 * How to get Ruby
 
-The Ruby distribution can be found on:
+The Ruby distribution files can be found in the following FTP site:
 
   ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/
 
-You can get it by anonymous SVN.  How to check out is:
+The latest source code of this version series can be checked out
+through SVN with the following command:
 
-  $ svn co http://svn.ruby-lang.org/repos/ruby/branches/ruby_1_8 ruby
+  $ svn co http://svn.ruby-lang.org/repos/ruby/branches/ruby_1_8/
+
+The trunk of the Ruby source tree can be checked out with the
+following command:
+
+  $ svn co http://svn.ruby-lang.org/repos/ruby/trunk/ ruby
+
+There are some other branches under development.  Try the following
+command and see the list of branches:
+
+  $ svn ls http://svn.ruby-lang.org/repos/ruby/branches/
 
 
 * Ruby home-page
diff --git a/README.ja b/README.ja
index 193716bbe1..6a89d2a763 100644
--- a/README.ja
+++ b/README.ja
@@ -26,15 +26,25 @@ Rubyはテキスト処理関係の能力などに優れ，Perlと同じくらい強力
 
 * 入手法
 
-** ftpで
+** FTPで
 
 以下の場所においてあります．
 
   ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/
 
-** SVNで
+** Subversionで
 
-  $ svn co http://svn.ruby-lang.org/repos/ruby/branches/ruby_1_8 ruby
+本ブランチのRubyの最新のソースコードは次のコマンドで取得できます．
+
+  $ svn co http://svn.ruby-lang.org/repos/ruby/branches/ruby_1_8/
+
+開発先端のソースコードは次のコマンドで取得できます．
+
+  $ svn co http://svn.ruby-lang.org/repos/ruby/trunk/ ruby
+
+他に開発中のブランチの一覧は次のコマンドで見られます．
+
+  $ svn ls http://svn.ruby-lang.org/repos/ruby/branches/
 
 
 * ホームページ