[haiku-web] Re: update Ubuntu Build document
- From: "Dennis d'Entremont" <dennis.dentremont@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-web@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:36:32 -0300
On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 2:29 PM, Urias McCullough <umccullough@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 8:56 AM, Dennis d'Entremont
> <dennis.dentremont@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Can someone update the Ubuntu Build document created originally by Ryan
> > Leavengood to include the new YASM requirement?
> >
> > I've used these instructions on 7.04, 7.10, 8.04, 8.10, 9.04 beta and
> they
> > all seem to work, It's just the new yasm requirement that needs adding.
>
> BTW, any guide that still suggests setting HAIKU_IMAGE_NAME or
> HAIKU_IMAGE_PATH is pretty much deprecated at this point - the best
> (and suggested) method to build images/partitions, etc. now is to use
> a BuildProfile as documented in UserBuildConfig.Readme. Based on the
> BuildProfile type, it will set the appropriate variables and take the
> proper steps to make sure its done properly.
True enough. This document, however, does not refer to those variables
(unless the comments maybe).
>
>
> > Also, for this type of correction should I a) File a trac ticket and/or
> b)
> > contact the original author first?
>
> This is something I've always struggled with when dealing with
> "single-authored" content... and part of why I have personally been
> adverse to updating many of the tutorials and guides found around the
> website. I realize that I've pretty much disappeared from the previous
> discussion about this - and that's largely to do with lack of time
> (again), and lack of motivation/energy as well.
I hear you. All the more reason for a collaborative solution of some sort.
This is the core reason why documentation is becoming stale IMO. Anyway I
don't want to start up the other discussion again in this thread.
Dennis
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