From 63ab7c625c86eb103ab28cae9565991955fb70fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: drh <>
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2025 13:44:51 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Update the main README.md file to use the robot-safe
 /rchvdwnld page on the server for downloads.

FossilOrigin-Name: c1aa52361b8ede611f64b96f2394174389ce531b1d86b9cfec91d3b03c94f6ea
---
 README.md     | 29 ++++++++++++-----------------
 manifest      | 12 ++++++------
 manifest.uuid |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 34cc82a759..d44bf5cb7d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -53,37 +53,32 @@ then no longer be fully in the public domain.
 
 ## Obtaining The SQLite Source Code
 
-If you do not want to use Fossil, you can download tarballs or ZIP
-archives or [SQLite archives](https://sqlite.org/cli.html#sqlar) as follows:
+Source code tarballs or ZIP archives are available at:
 
-  *  Latest trunk check-in as
-     [Tarball](https://sqlite.org/src/tarball/sqlite.tar.gz) or
-     [ZIP-archive](https://sqlite.org/src/zip/sqlite.zip).
+  *  [Latest trunk check-in](https://sqlite.org/src/rchvdwnld/trunk).
 
-  *  Latest release as
-     [Tarball](https://sqlite.org/src/tarball/sqlite.tar.gz?r=release) or
-     [ZIP-archive](https://sqlite.org/src/zip/sqlite.zip?r=release).
+  *  [Latest release](https://sqlite.org/src/rchvdwnld/release)
 
-  *  For other check-ins, substitute an appropriate branch name or
-     tag or hash prefix in place of "release" in the URLs of the previous
-     bullet.  Or browse the [timeline](https://sqlite.org/src/timeline)
-     to locate the check-in desired, click on its information page link,
-     then click on the "Tarball" or "ZIP Archive" links on the information
-     page.
+  *  For other check-ins, browse the
+     [project timeline](https://sqlite.org/src/timeline?y=ci) and
+     click on the check-in hash of the check-in you want to download.
+     On the resulting "info" page, click one of the options to the
+     right of the "**Downloads:**" label in the "**Overview**" section
+     near the top.
 
 To access sources directly using [Fossil](https://fossil-scm.org/home),
 first install Fossil version 2.0 or later.
-Source tarballs and precompiled binaries available at
+Source tarballs and precompiled binaries for Fossil are available at
 <https://fossil-scm.org/home/uv/download.html>.  Fossil is
 a stand-alone program.  To install, simply download or build the single
-executable file and put that file someplace on your $PATH.
+executable file and put that file someplace on your $PATH or %PATH%.
 Then run commands like this:
 
         mkdir -p ~/sqlite
         cd ~/sqlite
         fossil open https://sqlite.org/src
 
-The "fossil open" command will take two or three minutes.  Afterwards,
+The initial "fossil open" command will take two or three minutes.  Afterwards,
 you can do fast, bandwidth-efficient updates to the whatever versions
 of SQLite you like.  Some examples:
 
diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index ca457d0901..03745fe570 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-C Fix\sthe\soutput\sof\s".dump"\sin\sthe\sCLI\sso\sthat\sthe\ssqlite_sequence\stable\nis\screated\susing\scorrect\ssyntax.
-D 2025-10-31T11:23:44.843
+C Update\sthe\smain\sREADME.md\sfile\sto\suse\sthe\srobot-safe\s/rchvdwnld\spage\son\sthe\nserver\sfor\sdownloads.
+D 2025-10-31T13:44:51.646
 F .fossil-settings/binary-glob 61195414528fb3ea9693577e1980230d78a1f8b0a54c78cf1b9b24d0a409ed6a x
 F .fossil-settings/empty-dirs dbb81e8fc0401ac46a1491ab34a7f2c7c0452f2f06b54ebb845d024ca8283ef1
 F .fossil-settings/ignore-glob 35175cdfcf539b2318cb04a9901442804be81cd677d8b889fcc9149c21f239ea
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ F LICENSE.md 6bc480fc673fb4acbc4094e77edb326267dd460162d7723c7f30bee2d3d9e97d
 F Makefile.in 3ce07126d7e87c7464301482e161fdae6a51d0a2aa06b200b8f0000ef4d6163b
 F Makefile.linux-generic bd3e3cacd369821a6241d4ea1967395c962dfe3057e38cb0a435cee0e8b789d0
 F Makefile.msc 8dd676302f3165984c046f81af14b6676a334418fa30255efaf439f8033042fa
-F README.md b27ebd157ff76ab1ed322e6c3e567ade5be5fa3cb05e9c47245ce1bb4a46e52c
+F README.md dae499194b75deed76a13a4a83c82493f2530331882d7dfe5754d63287d3f8f7
 F VERSION 16eddb43056a79c1977427ab7a05f3457c373fa159dcdced8754eb89ce7e06b8
 F art/icon-243x273.gif 9750b734f82fdb3dc43127753d5e6fbf3b62c9f4e136c2fbf573b2f57ea87af5
 F art/icon-80x90.gif 65509ce3e5f86a9cd64fe7fca2d23954199f31fe44c1e09e208c80fb83d87031
@@ -2171,8 +2171,8 @@ F tool/version-info.c 33d0390ef484b3b1cb685d59362be891ea162123cea181cb8e6d2cf6dd
 F tool/warnings-clang.sh bbf6a1e685e534c92ec2bfba5b1745f34fb6f0bc2a362850723a9ee87c1b31a7
 F tool/warnings.sh d924598cf2f55a4ecbc2aeb055c10bd5f48114793e7ba25f9585435da29e7e98
 F tool/win/sqlite.vsix deb315d026cc8400325c5863eef847784a219a2f
-P ba0c4bf072ed721a507855d68bde7f1c388396a19b69814b6e257b934f8b0fd9
-R dc2c055a491cfeda731c6a71c070426f
+P 4b9f2e1d4485ad3baf9285aa09b468469be929b18cb308f19af471d7aac66076
+R 00f4f769f52ce4921e191d7c332147de
 U drh
-Z b5b63e3506e216b6a89db91d058df73f
+Z 3533c324d01f03ab7da59b4703864132
 # Remove this line to create a well-formed Fossil manifest.
diff --git a/manifest.uuid b/manifest.uuid
index 6cde6e3e04..30ef3b397f 100644
--- a/manifest.uuid
+++ b/manifest.uuid
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4b9f2e1d4485ad3baf9285aa09b468469be929b18cb308f19af471d7aac66076
+c1aa52361b8ede611f64b96f2394174389ce531b1d86b9cfec91d3b03c94f6ea
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