On 16.08.2012 19:59, Dave Fisher wrote:
On Aug 16, 2012, at 12:30 AM, Andre Fischer wrote:
On 16.08.2012 00:46, Dave Fisher wrote:
On Aug 15, 2012, at 3:27 PM, drew jensen wrote:
On Wed, 2012-08-15 at 14:45 -0700, Dave Fisher 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
BTW - Remember that SOURCE is the ONLY OFFICIAL RELEASE.
- but I thought that as part of accepting this project ASF was saying
they were open to change.. am I just wrong on that - cause folks keep
saying this as if it is a FACT and I thought it was going to be up to
this project to decide whether binaries are official, or not.
That is what I thought when I cast my non-binding vote to create this
project at ASF - specifically that it was recognized as needing this
type of differentiation from earlier projects.
Binary artifacts are fine, they are just considered to be "unofficial convenience
artifacts".
The ASF's mission is software for the public good. That means that users must
be able to see the source and be able to build it for themselves. They must be
able to inspect the source to see that it is unhindered.
So, the IP must be clear and transparently so. This is what an IPMC and ASF
Member must measure their vote on.
Sorry, I'm a bit cranky right now. My cpan disappeared while trying to assure
that I had the now required LWP::UserAgent. No one tested the new
download_external_dependencies.pl properly.
1. LWP::UserAgent has been a prerequisite for years. But I think I remember
that it was temporarily removed from one of the older platform specific build
instruction pages.
2. Can you be more specific regarding your problems with
download_external_dependencies.pl so that I can fix it? It exists under this
name for more than two months and since it is used in every setup of a build I
would say that it is fairly well tested. But that does not mean that it is
error free.
3. Please have a look at
http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide_AOO. Maybe that
page is more helpful. If not, please help me to improve it.
That page *IS* much better!
To handle my case it would be good to suggest that a user upgrade their Perl
dependencies. That path != install.
What did you do exactly? Something like "install CPAN; reload cpan" ?
As long as the READMEs links get a user to eventually get to this MWiki page
that would be great!
I have changed the README (on trunk) to point to the new building guide
and cleaned it up a bit.
I will try to make a clean install on Mac. The problem is to lay hands
on a pristine Mac environment. I recently read that from MacOSX Lion on
it is legal to run a copy of it in a virtual environment on (as long as
that runs on Apple hardware). So I will set up a Mountain Lion VM and
write down what has to be done to build AOO.
-Andre
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