git commit: AURORA-565: update top level README with instructions on bootstrapping and running initial test

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Repository: incubator-aurora
Updated Branches:
  refs/heads/master 8e4a739c2 -> 62954a2cf


AURORA-565: update top level README with instructions on bootstrapping and running initial test

Updates README with basic instructions to get started with Apache Aurora.

Preview: https://github.com/jfarrell/incubator-aurora/tree/AURORA-565

Bugs closed: AURORA-565

Reviewed at https://reviews.apache.org/r/23317/


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Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-aurora/commit/62954a2c
Tree: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-aurora/tree/62954a2c
Diff: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-aurora/diff/62954a2c

Branch: refs/heads/master
Commit: 62954a2cf21d99d6fd8441d7ab9f6da3336e416a
Parents: 8e4a739
Author: Jake Farrell <jf...@apache.org>
Authored: Tue Jul 8 09:10:17 2014 -0400
Committer: jfarrell <jf...@apache.org>
Committed: Tue Jul 8 09:10:17 2014 -0400

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@@ -3,9 +3,62 @@ you to run long-running services that take advantage of Apache Mesos'
 scalability, fault-tolerance, and resource isolation. Apache Aurora is
 currently a part of the Apache Incubator.
 
-Getting Started
----------------
+## Getting Started
 * [Developing Aurora](docs/developing-aurora-scheduler.md)
 * [Deploying Aurora](docs/deploying-aurora-scheduler.md)
 * [Running a Local Cluster with Vagrant](docs/vagrant.md)
 * More docs coming soon!
+
+## Requiremensts
+* Python 2.6 or higher
+* JDK 1.7 or higher
+
+* Source distribution requirements
+       * [Gradle](http://gradle.org)
+
+## How to build
+Gradle and Bower are not shipped with the source distribution of Apache Aurora.
+The following instructions apply for the source release downloads only. When
+using Apache Aurora checked out from the source repository or the binary
+distribution the gradle wrapper and javascript dependencies are provided.
+
+1. Install Gradle following the instructions on the [Gradle web site](http://gradle.org)
+2. From the root directory of the Apache Aurora project generate the gradle
+wrapper by running
+
+		gradle wrapper
+
+### Testing
+To run the same tests that are run in the Apache Aurora continuous integration
+environment
+
+* From the root directory of the Apache Aurora project run:
+
+		./build-support/jenkins/build.sh
+
+### Compiling the source packages
+To compile the source packages into binary distributions
+
+* From the root directory of the Apache Aurora project run:
+
+		./gradlew distTar
+		./build-support/release/make-python-sdists
+
+For additional information see the [Developing Aurora](docs/developing-aurora-scheduler.md)
+guide.
+
+## License
+Except as otherwise noted this software is licensed under the
+[Apache License, Version 2.0](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html)
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.