TUSCANY-3860: Add README file

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+Apache Tuscany Update Site:

+---------------------------

+The Apache Tuscany Eclipse update site is located under http://tuscany.apache.org/updatesite.

+It is based on the Apache Directory Studio update site, with minimal changes.

+

+The Tuscany update site consists of the following files:

+

+ +--tuscany.apache.org

+    |

+    +--updatesite

+       |

+       +--README (this file)

+       +--java

+          |

+          +--sca

+             |

+             +--1.6.2 (and later releases)

+                |

+                +--.htaccess

+                +--index.html

+                +--LICENSE

+                +--NOTICE

+                +--site--xml.html

+                +--site--xml.cgi

+                +--web

+                   |

+                   +--site.css

+                   +--site.xsl

+

+The update manager of Eclipse and the RCP application automatically tries to 

+access the site.xml to get new updates or features. Our .htaccess contains

+a rewrite rule to forward from site.xml to site--xml.cgi.

+

+The site--xml.cgi just calls Apache's mirrors.cgi to get a list of available

+mirrors.

+

+The site--xml.html is a template of the real site.xml. The url of the 

+preferred mirror determined by the cgi script is applied to this template.

+

+With this trick the update manager always gets a URL to another mirror.

+The update manager loads the features and plugins from these mirrors. So

+the mirrors must contain the features and the plugins directories.