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Posted to commits@openoffice.apache.org by ks...@apache.org on 2020/02/09 19:47:24 UTC
svn commit: r1873838 - /openoffice/site/trunk/content/source.mdtext
Author: kschenk
Date: Sun Feb 9 19:47:24 2020
New Revision: 1873838
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1873838&view=rev
Log:
Updates to reflect current source info
Modified:
openoffice/site/trunk/content/source.mdtext
Modified: openoffice/site/trunk/content/source.mdtext
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/openoffice/site/trunk/content/source.mdtext?rev=1873838&r1=1873837&r2=1873838&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- openoffice/site/trunk/content/source.mdtext (original)
+++ openoffice/site/trunk/content/source.mdtext Sun Feb 9 19:47:24 2020
@@ -16,17 +16,27 @@ Notice: Licensed to the Apache Softwa
specific language governing permissions and limitations
under the License.
-We use [Apache Subversion][1] for version control. You can [browse our
-repository][2] in your web browser.
+As of August, 2019, we use GIT for version control. You can [browse our
+repository][10] using the "tree" view from gitbox in your web browser. The [README.md](https://github.com/apache/openoffice) at github.com provides useful information on how to download and build Apache OpenOffice.
+The previous svn repository, now read only, using [Apache Subversion][1] for version control is [still viewable][2] in your web browser.
+
+Currently, subversion is still used for the two OpenOffice web sites.
See our [Subversion Basics](http://openoffice.apache.org/svn-basics.html)
-for more information on using subversion (svn) for the Apache OpenOffice project.
+for more information on using subversion (svn) for the Apache OpenOffice project.
-For further information see the [Apache Source Code Repository][3] page.
+<!--- For further information see the [Apache Source Code Repository][3] page.-->
## Getting the source code
-### Using SVN
+### Using GIT
+
+<!--- You can use our git repository for downloading source but not committing (read only):
+ [https://github.com/apache/openoffice](https://github.com/apache/openoffice)-->
+
+Instructions provided in [README.md](https://github.com/apache/openoffice) from github.com can be used successfully to get a local copy of the complete source for Apache OpenOffice.
+
+### Using SVN (applies to code through July, 2019)
This will get you everything, including the language files:
@@ -34,23 +44,19 @@ This will get you everything, including
Including SVN overhead, this requires approximately 4 GB of storage.
-### Using GIT
-
-You can use our git repository for downloading source but not committing (read only):
- [https://github.com/apache/openoffice](https://github.com/apache/openoffice)
### Source archive of the latest release
An archive of the source for the latest release can be obtainted from the Apache Software Foundation repository:
- [http://www.apache.org/dyn/aoo-closer.cgi/openoffice/](http://www.apache.org/dyn/aoo-closer.cgi/openoffice/)
+ [http://archive.apache.org/dist/openoffice](http://archive.apache.org/dist/openoffice/)
## Browsing/Searching Source Code
-We have an instance of [Atlassian FishEye][4] for source browsing, searching,
-reporting and visualization of main trunk (main development area).
+<!--- We have an instance of [Atlassian FishEye][4] for source browsing, searching,
+reporting and visualization of main trunk (main development area).-->
-Also, we hosts an [OpenGrok](http://opengrok.openoffice.org) instance for our
+We host an [OpenGrok](http://openoffice-vm1-he-de.apache.org/) instance for our
main repository areas.
## Building and Running
@@ -58,14 +64,13 @@ main repository areas.
See the [Apache OpenOffice Building Guide page][5]
for an overview on building.
- See [Development Snapshots builds][7] for additional information on building.
+The [Development Snapshots builds][7] page, pre-release builds, also provide additional information on building.
## Testing Developer Installation Sets
-See [Development Snapshot Builds: Full installation sets][8] or [Development Builds][9]
-for complete installation sets for available platforms.
+See [Development Snapshot Builds: Full installation sets][8], pre-release builds, or [Development Builds][9], nightly builds from the buildbots, for complete installation sets for available platforms.
-Install the "Developer Installation Set" to a new directory if you don't want to overwrite your
+Install developer builds to a new directory if you don't want to overwrite your
existing Apache OpenOffice installation.
* Linux: Create a new directory for the AOO developer install.
@@ -78,15 +83,18 @@ to the new directory.
## Code and Contribution Statistics
-Our SVN tree is read by the [Open Hub tracker][6] to generate some various statistics.
+<!--- Our SVN tree is read by the [Open Hub tracker][6] to generate some various statistics.
Note that the migration from the legacy Mercurial repository to SVN at Apache has
caused pre-existing files to be double-counted. But the contribution history should
-be intact.
+be intact.-->
+
+[The Apache OpenOffice Gitbox site][10] provides useful statistics on code contributions and changes.
## Special Development Branches
-For larger, extensive code modifications, specialized branches are created.
-You can find out more information on them from the Wiki [Source Code](https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Source_Code) page.
+For larger, extensive code modifications, specialized branches are created. These branches can also be found in our git repository.
+
+<!--- You can find out more information on them from the Wiki [Source Code](https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Source_Code) page.-->
[1]: https://subversion.apache.org/
[2]: https://svn.apache.org/viewvc/openoffice/trunk/
@@ -97,3 +105,4 @@ You can find out more information on the
[7]: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Development+Snapshot+Builds#DevelopmentSnapshotBuilds-buildflags
[8]: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Development+Snapshot+Builds#DevelopmentSnapshotBuilds-fullsets
[9]: https://www.openoffice.org/download/devbuilds.html
+[10]: https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=openoffice.git