@@ -18,6 +18,18 @@ You can also join the IRC channel - #docker and #docker-dev on Freenode are both

 If possible, your package should be called "docker". If that name is already taken, a second

 choice is "lxc-docker".

+## Official build vs distro build

+

+The Docker project maintains its own build and release toolchain. It is pretty neat and entirely

+based on Docker (surprise!). This toolchain is the canonical way to build Docker, and the only

+method supported by the development team. We encourage you to give it a try, and if the circumstances

+allow you to use it, we recommend that you do.

+

+You might not be able to use the official build toolchain - usually because your distribution has a

+toolchain and packaging policy of its own. We get it! Your house, your rules. The rest of this document

+should give you the information you need to package Docker your way, without denaturing it in

+the process.

+

 ## System build dependencies

 To build docker, you will need the following system dependencies