On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 12:52 AM, janI <j...@apache.org> wrote: > On 4 June 2013 04:13, Alexandro Colorado <j...@oooes.org> wrote: > > > IMO we should re-wire and update the specific information for builds and > > distros. or go the other way and move this info into the original build > > guide. > > http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide< > > http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide_AOO> > > >
@Alexandro, I think this is a good suggestion. More integration of instructions... > I think it would be best to: > 1) have a wiki page, where we list our build setup (pr platform) > - which sw is installed > - which configure switches are used > - any other things needed to setup an identical environment > Agreed, this is really a challenging task for most new developers. It helped me to look at the info from our buildbots, but this didn't tell me much about the existing installed software for a successful build. > 2) I understand (maybe wrong), that the release build is different, so that > should be documented like 1) > hmmmm...is this so? What are the differences and why would this be? > 3) keep our building guides general (apart from small changes, I find them > quite good) > Yes, they are. I really DID want to know about an esoteric bits with the C++ compiler. What standard should it comply with etc. On my system, I have a separate "stdlibs" that I could install but haven't. Do I need that, etc. I really have encountered some very odd C compiler behavior over the course of my development experience, and I would like to help folks avoid these frustrations. > rgds > jan I. > OK, some good idea here. Hopefully, we can get some of these changes accomplished soon. > > > > On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 7:05 PM, Kay Schenk <kay.sch...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Do we need some further explanation on C++ compiler capabilities in our > > > Build Guide > > > > > > http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide_AOO > > > > > > given recent discussions on this list? One of the reasons I'm brining > > this > > > up is in my own experience, weird C issues can really drive you off the > > > deep end. > > > > > > Thanks to anyone willing to edit this section. > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > MzK > > > > > > "You can't believe one thing and do another. > > > What you believe and what you do are the same thing." > > > -- Leonard Peltier > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Alexandro Colorado > > Apache OpenOffice Contributor > > http://es.openoffice.org > > > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MzK "You can't believe one thing and do another. What you believe and what you do are the same thing." -- Leonard Peltier
