-gitness
+Toplevel README
+***************
+
+1 Toplevel README
+*****************
+
+LilyPond is a music typesetter. It produces beautiful sheet music
+using a description file as input. LilyPond is part of the GNU Project.
+
+1.1 Versioning
+==============
+
+LilyPond uses a versioning scheme that easily identifies stable and
+development releases. In a version "x.y.z", an even second number 'y'
+denotes a stable version. For development versions 'y' is odd.
+
+1.2 Downloading
+===============
+
+The primary download site for sourcecode is
+`http://lilypond.org/download/'.
+
+1.3 Compilation
+===============
+
+For compiling and running LilyPond see the installation instructions.
+These instructions can be found when you unpack lilypond, as
+`lilypond-x.y.z/INSTALL.txt'. They are also available on the web at
+`http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/topdocs/INSTALL.html'.
+
+1.4 Documentation
+=================
+
+The documentation is available online at `http://lilypond.org/doc/'.
+
+ You can also build it locally: follow the instructions under
+`Building documentation' in the installation instructions.
+
+1.5 Comments
+============
+
+Send your criticism, comments, bugreports, patches, etc. to the mailing
+list, not to us personally.
+
+ We have the following mailing lists:
+
+ * info-lilypond@gnu.org
+ (http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-lilypond) is a
+ low-volume list for information on LilyPond project. This
+ list is moderated; ask David R. Linn <drl@gnu.org> or
+ Han-Wen <hanwen@xs4all.nl> to send announcements for this list.
+
+ * lilypond-devel@gnu.org
+ (http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel) for
+ discussions about developing LilyPond, in particular the unstable
+ series.
+
+ * lilypond-user@gnu.org
+ (http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user) for
+ discussions about using LilyPond, in particular the stable series.
+
+ * bug-lilypond@gnu.org
+ (http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-lilypond) for sending
+ bugreports.
+
+ * lilypond-cvs@gnu.org
+ (http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-cvs) for log
+ files from the autobuild.
+
+ You can search the lists from our searching facilities
+(http://lilypond.org/search).
+
+1.6 Bugs
+========
+
+Send bug reports to <bug-lilypond@gnu.org>. For help and questions use
+<lilypond-user@gnu.org>.
+