Merge pull request #79 from abperiasamy/pr_out_updated_developers_guide

DEVELOPERS.md

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 ### Build Dependencies
+This installation document assumes Ubuntu 12.04 or later on x86-64.
 
-Minio build depends on ``yasm`` and Go 1.3+
-
-##### Install yasm
-
-Yasm is a Modular Assembler used for compiling [Intel Storage Acceleration Library](https://01.org/intel%C2%AE-storage-acceleration-library-open-source-version)
-
+##### Install YASM
 ```sh
 $ sudo apt-get install yasm
 ```
-##### Install Go 1.3+ (Ubuntu)
 
-[Download the archive](https://golang.org/dl/) and extract it into ``${HOME}/local``, creating a Go tree in ``${HOME}/local/go``. For example:
+##### Install Go 1.3+
+Download Go 1.3+ from [https://golang.org/dl/](https://golang.org/dl/) and extract it into ``${HOME}/local`` and setup ``${HOME}/mygo`` as your project workspace folder.
+For example:
 ```sh
+$ wget https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.3.3.linux-amd64.tar.gz
 $ mkdir -p ${HOME}/local
-$ tar -C ${HOME}/local -xzf go$VERSION.$OS-$ARCH.tar.gz
-```
-
-Choose the archive file appropriate for your installation. For instance, if you are installing Go version 1.2.1 for 64-bit x86 on Linux, the archive you want is called ``go1.2.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz``
-
-(Typically these commands must be run as root or through sudo.)
-
-Add ``${HOME}/local/go/bin`` to the ``PATH`` environment variable. You can do this by adding this line to your ``$HOME/.profile``:
-```sh
+$ tar -C ${HOME}/local -xzf go1.3.3.linux-amd64.tar.gz
 $ export PATH=$PATH:${HOME}/local/go/bin
-```
-
-##### Setting up ``GOPATH`` environment variable
-
-The ``GOPATH`` environment variable specifies the location of your workspace. It is likely the only environment variable you'll need to set when developing Go code.
-
-To get started, create a workspace directory and set GOPATH accordingly. Your workspace can be located wherever you like, but we'll use ``$HOME/mygo`` in this document. Note that this must not be the same path as your Go installation.
-```sh
 $ mkdir -p $HOME/mygo
 $ export GOPATH=$HOME/mygo
-```
-
-For convenience, add the workspace's bin subdirectory to your ``PATH``:
-```sh
 $ export PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin
 ```
 
-For more detailed documentation refer [GOPATH](http://golang.org/doc/code.html#GOPATH)
-
-### Installing Minio (Source)
-
-#### Get directly from GitHub:
-
-Once we are finished the prerequisites in the previous step we now build minio
-
+### Setup your Minio Github Repository &nbsp; &nbsp; <iframe src="http://ghbtns.com/github-btn.html?user=Minio-io&repo=minio&type=fork&count=true&size=large" height="30" width="170" frameborder="0" scrolling="0" style="width:170px; height: 30px;" allowTransparency="true"></iframe>
+Fork [Minio upstream](https://github.com/Minio-io/minio) source repository to your own personal repository. Copy the URL and pass it to ``go get`` command. Go uses git to clone a copy into your project workspace folder. 
 ```sh
-$ go get -u github.com/minio-io/minio
-$ cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/minio-io/minio
-$ make
-...
+$ go get -u github.com/$USER_ID/minio
+$ cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/$USER_ID/minio/
+$ git remote add upstream https://github.com/Minio-io/minio.git
 ```
 
-#### Clone locally (for contributors):
-
+### Compiling Minio from source
+Minio use plain Makefile to wrap around some of the limitations of ``go build``. To compile Minio source, simply change to your workspace folder and type ``make``.
 ```sh
-$ git clone https://github.com/minio-io/minio
-$ cd minio
+$ cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/$USER_ID/minio/
 $ make
-```
-
-Because Go expects all of your libraries to be found in either $GOROOT or $GOPATH, it's necessary to symlink the project to the following path:
-
-```sh
-$ ln -s /path/to/your/minio $GOPATH/src/github.com/minio-io/minio
+...
 ```
 
 ###  Contribution Guidelines
-
 We welcome your contributions. To make the process as seamless as possible, we ask for the following:
-
 * Go ahead and fork the project and make your changes. We encourage pull requests to discuss code changes.
   - Fork it
   - Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
   - Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
   - Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
   - Create new Pull Request
-
 * When you're ready to create a pull request, be sure to:
   - Have test cases for the new code. If you have questions about how to do it, please ask in your pull request.
   - Run go fmt
   - Squash your commits into a single commit. git rebase -i. It's okay to force update your pull request.
-  - Make sure go test ./... passes, and go build completes.
-
-##### NOTE
-
-This document assumes that minio user is using Ubuntu 12.04 or 14.04 LTS release
+  - Make sure go test ./... passes, and go build completes.