Add update-copyright blurb to the README (+minor typo fixes).

[igor.git] / README

diff --git a/README b/README
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--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -86,31 +86,41 @@ Run internal unit tests with::
 
     $ nosetests --with-doctest --doctest-tests igor test
 
+The data in the ``test/data`` directory is in the Git repository, but
+it is not bundled with the source code.  If you want the test data,
+you'll have to clone the Git repository or download a snapshot.
+
 Licence
 =======
 
 This project is distributed under the `GNU General Public License
-Version 3`_ or greater.
+Version 3`_ or greater, see the ``COPYING`` file distributed with the
+project for details.
 
 Maintenance
 ===========
 
 Maintainer
-==========
+----------
 
 W. Trevor King
 wking@tremily.us
 Copyright 2008-2012
 
 Release procedure
-=================
+-----------------
 
 When a new version of the package is ready, increment __version__
-in igor.py and enter::
+in ``igor/__init__.py`` and run update-copyright_::
+
+    $ update-copyright.py
+
+to update the copyright blurbs.  Then run::
 
     $ python setup.py sdist upload
 
-This will place a new version on pypi.
+This will place a new version on PyPI.
+
 
 .. _layman: http://layman.sourceforge.net/
 .. _wtk overlay: http://blog.tremily.us/posts/Gentoo_overlay/
@@ -124,3 +134,4 @@ This will place a new version on pypi.
 .. _pip: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pip
 .. _igor.py: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/igor.py
 .. _GNU General Public License Version 3: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt
+.. _update-copyright: http://blog.tremily.us/posts/update-copyright/