On 8/16/12 1:48 AM, Dave Fisher wrote: > > On Aug 15, 2012, at 4:10 PM, Rob Weir wrote: > >> On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 5:45 PM, Dave Fisher <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> On Aug 15, 2012, at 2:22 PM, Dave Fisher wrote: >>> >>>> Is there a reason that the README in the source release is still pointing >>>> at http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/MacOSXBuildInstructions for Mac Builds? >>>> >>>> Minimally this then points to http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/AquaBuild >>>> this doesn't seem exactly like what was used for 3.4.0? >>>> >>>> Would someone check the Build instructions and then update to be very >>>> clear what is current. >>>> >>>> I am proceeding with my tests as if the prerequisites have not changed and >>>> that I have them from my AOO 3.4 tests build. >>> >>> I am stuck and I am stopping. I am very unhappy with the instructions on >>> the WIki page. I needed help with 3.4 and now I need help with 3.4.1. >>> >>> Please show me the simplest way to build on a Mac from Source and show me >>> on the Wiki based on http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/MacOSXBuildInstructions >>> >> >> Dave, >> >> Did you see this page: >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Development+Snapshot+Builds#DevelopmentSnapshotBuilds-buildflags >> >> That has the build steps and flags used for the binaries we'll be >> releasing. There is no single "right way" to build AOO. There are >> variations that will enable or disable various optional features. But >> if you want the same thing as what is in the release, the above link >> has the info you want. > > This should be linked to from the source package README and also on the 4 > build mwiki pages that are linked to from the source.
For now yes but in the future I would change the README to link to the new AOO Building Guide and would link to the used flags for our binary builds from there. > > I won't know until tomorrow because my cpan config is broken and I now need > LWP::UserAgent to download the external dependencies. > what exactly is your problem Dave, I am sure we can help you. It seems that we have a lot of room for improvements to insert further checks etc. and to update the documentation. @Rob, do we have any statistics about download numbers of the src release? Juergen
