Re: [PROPOSAL] restructuring build documentation

2021-01-01 Thread Arrigo Marchiori
Dear dev@ and doc@ lists, this message is to inform you that I am (slowly) beginning to put my proposal in action. There is a thread on dev@ that is about archiving old web pages, that is currently on hold for the holiday time. I will _not_ wait for that thread to reach a conclusion, because I

Re: [PROPOSAL] restructuring build documentation

2020-12-17 Thread Arrigo Marchiori
Hello Dave, On Thu, Dec 17, 2020 at 11:09:15AM -0800, Dave Fisher wrote: > Hi Arrigo, > > I really appreciate your enthusiasm and excellent help on AOO! Thank you! I am just doing what I can. > There was another thread where we discussed moving devtools to git. I think you mean this one?

Re: [PROPOSAL] restructuring build documentation

2020-12-17 Thread Dave Fisher
Hi Arrigo, I really appreciate your enthusiasm and excellent help on AOO! There was another thread where we discussed moving devtools to git. I think this would be the perfect time to move/rewrite build instructions as markdown files on these GitHub repos: Apache/openoffice - README.md

Re: [PROPOSAL] restructuring build documentation

2020-12-17 Thread Peter Kovacs
sure, try what you have in mind. We wont loose anything by trying. On 17.12.20 14:05, Arrigo Marchiori wrote: Dear All, I am cross-posting to dev@ and doc@ because... I am not sure which one fits best. Please excuse me if this is wrong, and only reply on the correct list. I personally find

Re: [PROPOSAL] restructuring build documentation

2020-12-17 Thread Mechtilde
Hello Arrigo, a very big ++1 so far I had the problem how to begin with the restructure. After you start I can try to put in my description how to build under Debian 9 (Stretch) and (if it works) under Debian 10 (buster) with java 11. Regards Am 17.12.20 um 14:05 schrieb Arrigo Marchiori: >

[PROPOSAL] restructuring build documentation

2020-12-17 Thread Arrigo Marchiori
Dear All, I am cross-posting to dev@ and doc@ because... I am not sure which one fits best. Please excuse me if this is wrong, and only reply on the correct list. I personally find building OpenOffice a bit too difficult today, in terms of _understanding_ what needs to be done. We have build