From b3c3e755d20acc626cfc4094f502646beddd1d53 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:38:41 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] ...

---
 src/calibre/manual/develop.rst | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/calibre/manual/develop.rst b/src/calibre/manual/develop.rst
index 3524f9b3c3..8257eac3b0 100755
--- a/src/calibre/manual/develop.rst
+++ b/src/calibre/manual/develop.rst
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ to the latest code, use the command::
 
     bzr merge
 
-You can also download the source code as a tarball (archive) from `here <http://status.calibre-ebook.com/dist/src>`_.
+The calibre repository is huge so the branch operation above takes along time (about an hour). If you want to get the code faster, the sourcecode for the latest release is always available as an
+`archive <http://status.calibre-ebook.com/dist/src>`_.
 
 Submitting your changes to be included
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^