In thinking about this, I suggest that supported means (1) dist.apache.org authenticated binary distributions (as mirrored) are provided from source releases and (2) bugzilla provides for the platform as a named OS [type].
I note that OS/2 and FreeBSD (and Solaris) qualify under (2) but not under (1). I've seen other open-source projects link to sources of other builds without including them under their umbrella of official releases. Not certain where bugs are supposed to be reported in those cases. - Dennis PS: Whether or not there is a link to support.openoffice.org in a distributed binary is no help because counterfeit distributions do that too. > -----Original Message----- > From: toki [mailto:toki.kant...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, January 27, 2017 03:46 > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Re: [lazy consensus] FreeBSD as a new supported platform? > > On 01/27/2017 07:41 AM, Andrea Pescetti wrote: > > > I don't think we need complex categories here (especially because with > > them a maintenance burden would come). In that source code README, > > "supported" probably means "a platform for which we strive at > producing > > buildable source code". > > If AOo were the typical Apache Software Foundation project, then that > would be both reasonable, expected, and understandable by those who > utilize the software. > > But AOo is atypical of ASF projects, in that it is consumer oriented. As > such, the user base neither knows, nor expects that "supported" even > remotely implies "can be built from source". > > I'd propose the README state: > « > Can be built from source code: > * BSD; > * Windows 10; > * Windows 9x; > * Mac OS X; > * Linux; > * etc; > > Binaries are available for: > * Linux (Debian: 64 bit); > * Linux (RPM: 64 bit); > * Windows (64 bit); > * Mac OS X; > * etc; > » > > jonathon > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
