It should be removed before 1.3.0 release, of course...
<ol>
<li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/">g++</a> >= v3.3 -- the "Cygwin" version of gcc/g++ works for Cygwin and for Windows; the "Mac Developer Tools" version of gcc/g++ works for Mac</li>
- <li><a href="http://gnu.org/software/make/">GNU make</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://gnu.org/software/make/">GNU make</a> (DEVELOPER NOTE: Oh boy, we're close to removing this dependency from this document! See http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/ticket/505 and http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/ticket/506. Note that Tahoe hackers may want to continue to use the Makefile even if it is no longer necessary to build and test and launch Tahoe.)</li>
<li><a href="http://python.org">Python</a> >= v2.4.2 including development headers i.e. "Python.h"</li>
</ol>