diff docs/overview.rst @ 8444:850f096505ac stable

docs: mention the npm dependency more clearly (Issue #345)
author Mads Kiilerich <mads@kiilerich.com>
date Thu, 11 Jun 2020 20:16:32 +0200
parents 75b1994e4959
children 0bca9e828db2
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--- a/docs/overview.rst	Mon Jun 08 16:05:21 2020 +0200
+++ b/docs/overview.rst	Thu Jun 11 20:16:32 2020 +0200
@@ -141,9 +141,11 @@
   but build the Kallithea package itself locally instead of downloading it.)
 
 .. note::
-   Kallithea includes front-end code that needs to be processed first.
-   The tool npm_ is used to download external dependencies and orchestrate the
-   processing. The ``npm`` binary must thus be available.
+   Kallithea includes front-end code that needs to be processed to prepare
+   static files that can be served at run time and used on the client side. The
+   tool npm_ is used to download external dependencies and orchestrate the
+   processing. The ``npm`` binary must thus be available at install time but is
+   not used at run time.
 
 
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