Updated install readme

diff --git a/INSTALL.txt b/INSTALL.txt
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--- a/INSTALL.txt
+++ b/INSTALL.txt
@@ -4,11 +4,9 @@ Installing Babel
 Prerequisites
 -------------
 
- * Python 2.4 or later
+ * Python 2.6 or later
  * CLDR 1.7
- * Optional: setuptools 0.6b1 or later
- * Optional: pytz (strongly recommended for real time-zone support, mandatory 
-   to run the automated test suite)
+ * pytz
 
 
 Installation
@@ -21,7 +19,14 @@ directory where the archive was unpacked, and run:
 
 Note that you may need administrator/root privileges for this step, as
 this command will by default attempt to install Babel to the Python
-site-packages directory on your system.
+site-packages directory on your system.  It's recommended to use a
+virtualenv instead.
+
+If you have a git checkout instead of a source release you will need
+to convert the CLDR sources.  This can be done fully automated by
+the download script:
+
+  $ python ./scripts/download_import_cldr.py
 
 For advanced options, please refer to the easy_install and/or the distutils
 documentation:
@@ -34,7 +39,4 @@ Support
 -------
 
 If you encounter any problems with Babel, please don't hesitate to ask
-questions on the Babel mailing list or IRC channel:
-
-  http://babel.edgewall.org/wiki/MailingList
-  http://babel.edgewall.org/wiki/IrcChannel
+questions on the Pocoo IRC channel (``#pocoo`` on irc.freenode.net).