Author: lyalyakin
Date: Thu Sep 3 16:23:48 2026
New Revision: 1937821
Log:
Move version requirements out of the headings in section V in INSTALL.
Make the headings display the dependency name and its 'required' or 'optional'
status (and 'Unix only'), but state the version requirements in a separate
sentence.
* INSTALL
(V.3, V.5): Move the version info into a separate sentence and reword the
summary accordingly.
(V.7, V.8, V.9, V.11): Move the version info into a separate sentence.
(V.12): Move the version info into a separate sentence.
Modified:
subversion/trunk/INSTALL
Modified: subversion/trunk/INSTALL
==============================================================================
--- subversion/trunk/INSTALL Thu Sep 3 15:42:59 2026 (r1937820)
+++ subversion/trunk/INSTALL Thu Sep 3 16:23:48 2026 (r1937821)
@@ -1137,10 +1137,10 @@ V. DEPENDENCIES IN DETAIL
3. SQLite (REQUIRED)
- Subversion uses SQLite to manage some internal databases.
+ Subversion requires SQLite 3.24.0 or later.
- Subversion requires SQLite version 3.24.0 or above. You can meet this
- dependency several ways:
+ Subversion uses SQLite to manage some internal databases. You can meet
+ this dependency several ways:
* Use an SQLite amalgamation file.
* Specify an SQLite installation to use.
* Let Subversion find an installed SQLite.
@@ -1167,9 +1167,10 @@ V. DEPENDENCIES IN DETAIL
5. LZ4 (REQUIRED)
- Subversion uses LZ4 compression library version r129 or above. Configure
- will attempt to locate the system library by default using pkg-config
- and known paths.
+ Subversion requires LZ4 version r129 or later.
+
+ Subversion uses the LZ4 library for compression. Configure will attempt
+ to locate the system library by default using pkg-config and known paths.
If it is installed in a non-standard location, then use:
@@ -1199,19 +1200,25 @@ V. DEPENDENCIES IN DETAIL
--with-utf8proc=internal
- 7. autoconf 2.59 or newer (Unix only)
+ 7. autoconf (Unix only)
+
+ The minimum supported version is 2.59.
This is required only if you plan to build from the latest source
(see section II.B). Generally only developers would be doing this.
- 8. libtool 2.0 or newer (Unix only)
+ 8. libtool (Unix only)
+
+ The minimum supported version is 2.0.
This is required only if you plan to build from the latest source
(see section II.B).
- 9. Apache Serf library 1.3.4 or newer (OPTIONAL)
+ 9. Apache Serf library (OPTIONAL)
+
+ The minimum supported version is 1.3.4.
If you want your client to be able to speak to an Apache
server (via a http:// or https:// URL), you must link against
@@ -1242,10 +1249,12 @@ V. DEPENDENCIES IN DETAIL
https://www.cyrusimap.org/sasl/
- 11. Apache Web Server 2.2.X or newer (OPTIONAL)
+ 11. Apache Web Server (OPTIONAL)
(https://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi)
+ The minimum supported version is 2.2.
+
The Apache httpd server is one of two methods to make your Subversion
repository available over a network - the other is a custom server
program called svnserve, which requires no extra software packages.
@@ -1255,7 +1264,10 @@ V. DEPENDENCIES IN DETAIL
is done: See section III for details.
- 12. Python 3.x or newer (https://www.python.org/) (OPTIONAL)
+ 12. Python (https://www.python.org/) (OPTIONAL)
+
+ Python version 3.x is supported and recommended. Support for Python 2.7
+ is being phased out.
Subversion does not require Python for its basic operation.
However, Python is required for building and testing Subversion
