2013/3/16 Ariel Constenla-Haile <arie...@apache.org>

> Hi
>
> On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 11:53:57PM +0100, RGB ES wrote:
> > From this forum thread
> >
> > http://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=60439
> >
> > I can see that the README file included on the Linux install say that
> glibc
> > version needed is "2.5 or higher", but AFAIK AOO is being build with 2.11
> > which cause the problems commented on Issue 119385. Maybe the readme file
> > need a change? Something like (correct me if I'm wrong) "at least 2.5 is
> > needed to build the software from source, but the official builds need at
> > least 2.11".
>
> This is bug https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=119393
> The information was updated on the site only
> http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/sys_reqs_aoo34.html
> Linux kernel version 2.6 or higher, glibc2 version 2.11.1 or higher
>
> Updating the README at that time would have triggered a new translation
> update, see comment 10 in that bug.
>
> Current developer snapshots (and future 4.0) will be built on a system
> with glibc-2.5 /CentOS 5), see
> https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=119385
>
> And IMO we should simplify the README: system requirements are on the
> website, on the download page; maintaining more that one place is error
> prone (bug 119393 is the proof); the user is supposed to read the system
> requirements of what he is going to download *before* s/he downloads it
> and installs it, not once installed, in the README.
>
>
> Regards
> --
> Ariel Constenla-Haile
> La Plata, Argentina
>

Perfectly clear. Thanks!

Regards
Ricardo

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