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Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:16:44 -0800 (PST)
From: "Rick Hillegas (JIRA)" <jira@apache.org>
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Subject: [jira] Created: (DERBY-3985) Replace BUILDING.txt with a simlified
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Replace BUILDING.txt with a simlified up-to-date BUILDING.html
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                 Key: DERBY-3985
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-3985
             Project: Derby
          Issue Type: Improvement
          Components: Build tools
    Affects Versions: 10.5.0.0
            Reporter: Rick Hillegas


At this point, BUILDING.txt contains a number of mis-statements. It is structured in a way which makes the Derby build look complicated and intimidating. The build instructions need to be thoroughly overhauled and divided into two main sections:

1) The simple build instructions for people who are new to the community. This will be a build with few pre-requisites which just works out of the box.

2) Trickier build instructions for people who want compile-time checks for the different platforms which Derby supports.

While we're at it, I suggest that the revised instructions live in an html file rather than a flat text file. I think this will result in a document that is more readable and easier to navigate.


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