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John H. Embretsen commented on DERBY-3985:
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When I click the links to BUILDING.html on the web site or the wiki, I get the
HTML source as plain text, which is not that easy to read, instead of a
rendered HTML page. Not sure if it is browser-dependent; I have tried with
Firefox and Opera. I don't know if this is something that could be fixed in
SVN. As a workaround, using a different access method (viewvc) seems to do the
trick:
This displays rendered HTML:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/db/derby/code/trunk/BUILDING.html?view=co
This displays HTML source:
http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/db/derby/code/trunk/BUILDING.html
I also would like to note that although the document states that you need JUnit
3.8.1 to run the tests, I think JUnit 3.8.2 works equally well or better
(unless I'm overlooking something).
Althugh I did not test or read the document's fine details, it looks good,
tight and easy to follow. Well done!
> Replace BUILDING.txt with a simlified up-to-date BUILDING.html
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>
> Key: DERBY-3985
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-3985
> Project: Derby
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Build tools
> Affects Versions: 10.5.0.0
> Reporter: Rick Hillegas
> Assignee: Rick Hillegas
> Attachments: derby-3985-01-aa-simplerBuildInstructions.diff,
> derby-3985-01-ab-simplerBuildInstructions.diff,
> derby-3985-01-ac-simplerBuildInstructions.diff,
> derby-3985-02-aa-website.diff, derby-3985-03-aa-corrections.diff
>
>
> At this point, BUILDING.txt contains a number of mis-statements. It is
> structured in a way which makes the Derby build look complicated and
> intimidating. The build instructions need to be thoroughly overhauled and
> divided into two main sections:
> 1) The simple build instructions for people who are new to the community.
> This will be a build with few pre-requisites which just works out of the box.
> 2) Trickier build instructions for people who want compile-time checks for
> the different platforms which Derby supports.
> While we're at it, I suggest that the revised instructions live in an html
> file rather than a flat text file. I think this will result in a document
> that is more readable and easier to navigate.
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