installguide: minor wording and grammar fixes

Author: James McClune

source/installguide/building_from_source.rst

@@ -18,52 +18,53 @@ Introduction
 ------------
 
 The official CloudStack release is always in source code form. You will
-likely be able to find "convenience binaries," the source is the
-canonical release. In this section, we'll cover acquiring the source
-release and building that so that you can deploy it using Maven or
-create Debian packages or RPMs.
+likely be able to find "convenience binaries", where the source is the
+canonical release. In this section, we will cover acquiring and building
+the source release so that you can deploy using Maven or
+build packages for distribution (e.g. ``.deb``, ``.rpm``).
 
-Note that building and deploying directly from source is typically not
-the most efficient way to deploy an IaaS. However, we will cover that
-method as well as building RPMs or Debian packages for deploying
-CloudStack.
+.. note::
+
+   Building and deploying directly from source is typically not
+   the most efficient way to deploy CloudStack. Also, please be aware that
+   development branches may contain unstable code.
 
-The instructions here are likely version-specific. That is, the method
-for building from source for the 4.7.x series is different from the
-4.2.x series.
+The instructions here are likely version-specific (i.e. Building 4.7.x
+is different from building 4.2.x).
 
-If you are working with a unreleased version of CloudStack, see the
-INSTALL.md file in the top-level directory of the release.
+If you are working with an unreleased version of CloudStack, please read the
+``INSTALL.md`` file in the top-level directory of the release.
 
 
-Downloading the release
+Downloading the Release
 -----------------------
 
 You can download the latest CloudStack release from the `Apache
-CloudStack project download page 
+CloudStack project download page
 <http://cloudstack.apache.org/downloads.html>`_.
 
-Prior releases are available via archive.apache.org as well. See the
-downloads page for more information on archived releases.
+Prior releases are available via `archive.apache.org
+<https://archive.apache.org>`_ as well. Please see the
+Downloads page for more information on archived releases.
 
-You'll notice several links under the 'Latest release' section. A link
-to a file ending in ``tar.bz2``, as well as a PGP/GPG signature, MD5,
+You will notice several links under the *Latest CloudStack Releases* section.
+A link to a file ending in ``tar.bz2``, as well as a PGP/GPG signature, MD5,
 and SHA512 file.
 
--  The ``tar.bz2`` file contains the Bzip2-compressed tarball with the
+-  The ``tar.bz2`` file contains the bzip2-compressed tarball with the
    source code.
 
 -  The ``.asc`` file is a detached cryptographic signature that can be
-   used to help verify the authenticity of the release.
+   used to verify release authenticity.
 
--  The ``.md5`` file is an MD5 hash of the release to aid in verify the
-   validity of the release download.
+-  The ``.md5`` file is a MD5 hash that can be used to verify release
+   authenticity.
 
--  The ``.sha`` file is a SHA512 hash of the release to aid in verify
-   the validity of the release download.
+-  The ``.sha`` file is a SHA512 hash that can be used to verify release
+   authenticity.
 
 
-Verifying the downloaded release
+Verifying the Downloaded Release
 --------------------------------
 
 There are a number of mechanisms to check the authenticity and validity
@@ -202,7 +203,7 @@ Make sure to activate the repository for MySQL connectors.
 .. parsed-literal::
 
    sudo apt-get update
-   sudo apt-get install mysql-connector-python   
+   sudo apt-get install mysql-connector-python
 
 .. note::
 
@@ -250,7 +251,7 @@ several other dependencies. Note that we recommend using Maven 3.
    $ sudo apt-get install python-software-properties
    $ sudo apt-get update
    $ sudo apt-get install debhelper openjdk-11-jdk libws-commons-util-java genisoimage libcommons-codec-java libcommons-httpclient-java liblog4j1.2-java maven
-   
+
 .. note::
 
    If on Ubuntu 18.04, in above command, please replace "python-software-properties" with "software-properties-common"
@@ -397,10 +398,10 @@ You can now move on to the instructions under Install on Ubuntu.
 Building RPMs from Source
 -------------------------
 
-As mentioned previously in `“Prerequisites for building Apache CloudStack” 
-<#prerequisites-for-building-apache-cloudstack>`_, you will need to install 
+As mentioned previously in `“Prerequisites for building Apache CloudStack”
+<#prerequisites-for-building-apache-cloudstack>`_, you will need to install
 several prerequisites before you can build packages for CloudStack. Here we'll
-assume you're working with a 64-bit build of CentOS or Red Hat Enterprise 
+assume you're working with a 64-bit build of CentOS or Red Hat Enterprise
 Linux.
 
 .. parsed-literal::
@@ -449,16 +450,16 @@ minutes.
 
 .. note::
 
-   Packaging has changed. If you've created packages for CloudStack 
-   previously, you should be aware that the process has changed considerably 
-   since the project has moved to using Apache Maven. Please be sure to follow 
+   Packaging has changed. If you've created packages for CloudStack
+   previously, you should be aware that the process has changed considerably
+   since the project has moved to using Apache Maven. Please be sure to follow
    the steps in this section closely.
 
 
 Generating RPMS
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-Now that we have the prerequisites and source, you will cd to the 
+Now that we have the prerequisites and source, you will cd to the
 `packaging/` directory.
 
 .. parsed-literal::
@@ -470,7 +471,7 @@ Generating RPMs is done using the ``package.sh`` script:
 .. parsed-literal::
 
    $ ./package.sh -d centos63
-   
+
 For other supported options(like centos7), run ``./package.sh --help``
 
 That will run for a bit and then place the finished packages in
@@ -537,19 +538,19 @@ to build from source.
 
 .. warning::
 
-   Some of the plugins supported by CloudStack cannot be distributed with 
-   CloudStack for licensing reasons. In some cases, some of the required 
-   libraries/JARs are under a proprietary license. In other cases, the 
-   required libraries may be under a license that's not compatible with 
-   `Apache's licensing guidelines for third-party products 
+   Some of the plugins supported by CloudStack cannot be distributed with
+   CloudStack for licensing reasons. In some cases, some of the required
+   libraries/JARs are under a proprietary license. In other cases, the
+   required libraries may be under a license that's not compatible with
+   `Apache's licensing guidelines for third-party products
    <http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#category-x>`_.
 
 #. To build the Non-OSS plugins, you'll need to have the requisite JARs
    installed under the ``deps`` directory.
 
    Because these modules require dependencies that can't be distributed
    with CloudStack you'll need to download them yourself. Links to the
-   most recent dependencies are listed on the `*How to build CloudStack* 
+   most recent dependencies are listed on the `*How to build CloudStack*
    <https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/How+to+build+CloudStack>`_
    page on the wiki.
 
@@ -567,6 +568,5 @@ to build from source.
    $ mvn install -Dnoredist
 
 #. Once you've built CloudStack with the ``noredist`` profile, you can
-   package it using the `“Building RPMs from Source” <#building-rpms-from-source>`_ 
+   package it using the `“Building RPMs from Source” <#building-rpms-from-source>`_
    or `“Building DEB packages” <#building-deb-packages>`_ instructions.
-