On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 10:17 AM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote:
> Could we agree on some place where we can post what build flags we're > using? If we really want to avoid build breakages, I think we need to > start building in the same way. This includes our desk builds, but > also the Buildbot. > > In theory we have a Building Guide on the wiki: > > http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide > > But that has not been updated since June 2010. How do we expect new > developers to get started with the code if the build doc is not up to > date? > > And we probably have two slightly different sets of flags we use: > > 1) Flags for building a source release, which would exclude category-b > components. This build would also finish by building a source > tarball. And I think this is where running RAT is most useful. > > 2) Flags for building the binary releases, which would include > category-b components and produce the install sets. > > Can anyone suggest a set of build flags that we should all be using? > > Maybe they can be put here: > > http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/source.html > Rob-- I don't remember if I saw replies to this...any? I think "whoever" should just update the building guide you refernced in the first link and not segment off this additional page you suggested. Just my .02. > > -Rob > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MzK "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated." -- Mohandas Gandhi
