On 16/11/2012 Rob Weir wrote:
Also, another idea was whether we might make the initial build
experience far easier for the developer if we encouraged the use of a
single platform and version. A developer can use whatever they want,
within reason, of course. But what if we said, if you use Ubuntu
12.04 LTS then here is a script that will install the exact pre-reqs
you need and bring down the build, set all the flags and kick off a
build?
Of course we have something like that in the wiki, and of course it's
outdated:
http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Category:Distribution-Specific_Build_Instructions
But building OpenOffice is simpler than it seems at times. The last time
I built trunk, on a machine where I had never built OpenOffice, I just
needed to install the appropriate packages, download a magic DLL and
configure with the standard options listed at
http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide_AOO
As for prerequisites, we could list somewhere on the wiki the required
packages for a couple of popular distributions (Ubuntu, Fedora) and ask
prospective developers to edit it if they are using other distributions.
So the script you mention can probably be replaced by a handful of
commands to be copy-pasted from the wiki; on the contrary, that handful
of commands can easily be turned into a script if needed! But it's
probably better, from an educational point of view, that new developers
see the commands one by one; this is especially useful if they need to
stop and resume the build.
Regards,
Andrea.
