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--- a/eglib/README
+++ b/eglib/README
@@ -11,4 +11,44 @@ Currently this is only being built standalone, use:
 
 	  ./autogen.sh --prefix=/tmp/test
 
+Currently all the definitions go into a single file: glib.h, there are 
+no separate files, please try to follow the convetions in the source code
 
+* Tests
+	
+	Please read the README in tests/
+
+* Features
+
+	The source code is designed to allow for different operating
+	system builds of the eglib code.
+
+	Files in src that:
+
+	  * Have a plain name: are cross platform, and should work on
+	    every operating system.
+
+	  * That end in -unix.c: These files contain Unix specific code.
+
+	  * That end in -win32.c: These files contain Win32 specific code.
+
+	  * That end in -posix.c: Will work on both Windows and Unix,
+            but should not be included for other operating systems. 
+
+* Plans: short and long term.
+
+	The short term plans for eglib is to allow Mono to optionally
+	build with it instead of using glib, gmodule and gthread, but
+	the default build will continue to be done against glib 2.0.
+
+	In the long-term we are considering dropping glib as a
+	dependency, considering that Mono requires a modern Unix
+	system to run anyways (for its thread support) it would allow
+	us to fix some of the glib API limitations we have to live
+	with (explicit thread support for example), rework the API to
+	use types from stdint.h and we would be able to drop three
+	external shared libraries.
+
+	This would reduce memory usage for the handful of routines
+	that we use from glib, dynamic linker overhead for those and
+	would allow us to tune the implementation to Mono's needs.