A first pass at pruning the Synapse README

README.rst

@@ -260,89 +260,6 @@ Alongside all that, join our developer community on Matrix:
 `#synapse-dev:matrix.org <https://matrix.to/#/#synapse-dev:matrix.org>`_, featuring real humans!
 
 
-Quick start
------------
-
-Before setting up a development environment for synapse, make sure you have the
-system dependencies (such as the python header files) installed - see
-`Platform-specific prerequisites <https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/setup/installation.html#platform-specific-prerequisites>`_.
-
-To check out a synapse for development, clone the git repo into a working
-directory of your choice::
-
-    git clone https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse.git
-    cd synapse
-
-Synapse has a number of external dependencies. We maintain a fixed development
-environment using `Poetry <https://python-poetry.org/>`_. First, install poetry. We recommend::
-
-    pip install --user pipx
-    pipx install poetry
-
-as described `here <https://python-poetry.org/docs/#installing-with-pipx>`_.
-(See `poetry's installation docs <https://python-poetry.org/docs/#installation>`_
-for other installation methods.) Then ask poetry to create a virtual environment
-from the project and install Synapse's dependencies::
-
-    poetry install --extras "all test"
-
-This will run a process of downloading and installing all the needed
-dependencies into a virtual env.
-
-We recommend using the demo which starts 3 federated instances running on ports `8080` - `8082`::
-
-    poetry run ./demo/start.sh
-
-(to stop, you can use ``poetry run ./demo/stop.sh``)
-
-See the `demo documentation <https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/develop/development/demo.html>`_
-for more information.
-
-If you just want to start a single instance of the app and run it directly::
-
-    # Create the homeserver.yaml config once
-    poetry run synapse_homeserver \
-      --server-name my.domain.name \
-      --config-path homeserver.yaml \
-      --generate-config \
-      --report-stats=[yes|no]
-
-    # Start the app
-    poetry run synapse_homeserver --config-path homeserver.yaml
-
-
-Running the unit tests
-----------------------
-
-After getting up and running, you may wish to run Synapse's unit tests to
-check that everything is installed correctly::
-
-    poetry run trial tests
-
-This should end with a 'PASSED' result (note that exact numbers will
-differ)::
-
-    Ran 1337 tests in 716.064s
-
-    PASSED (skips=15, successes=1322)
-
-For more tips on running the unit tests, like running a specific test or
-to see the logging output, see the `CONTRIBUTING doc <CONTRIBUTING.md#run-the-unit-tests>`_.
-
-
-Running the Integration Tests
------------------------------
-
-Synapse is accompanied by `SyTest <https://github.com/matrix-org/sytest>`_,
-a Matrix homeserver integration testing suite, which uses HTTP requests to
-access the API as a Matrix client would. It is able to run Synapse directly from
-the source tree, so installation of the server is not required.
-
-Testing with SyTest is recommended for verifying that changes related to the
-Client-Server API are functioning correctly. See the `SyTest installation
-instructions <https://github.com/matrix-org/sytest#installing>`_ for details.
-
-
 Platform dependencies
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