> On May 6, 2015, at 5:58 AM, Geert Janssens <geert.gnuc...@kobaltwit.be> wrote: > > On Tuesday 05 May 2015 18:53:56 John Ralls wrote: >> commit e5430701af83bf1cf82d21702454c5bb832abc97 >> Author: John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us> >> Date: Tue May 5 15:53:12 2015 -0700 >> >> Add as a first step to install either Strawberry Perl or >> ActivePerl. >> >> diff --git a/README b/README >> index 71fb0ab..3bc2925 100644 >> --- a/README >> +++ b/README >> @@ -51,11 +51,15 @@ The steps >> On to building GnuCash now. The scripts have been set up to require >> as little manual actions as possible. The following should get you >> going: >> >> -a. Download bootstrap_win_dev.vbs from the gnucash-on-windows >> +a. Download and install either Strawberry Perl >> + (http://strawberryperl.com/) or AcivePerl >> + (http://www.activestate.com/activeperl/downloads). >> + >> +b. Download bootstrap_win_dev.vbs from the gnucash-on-windows >> repository on Github. Direct url: >> > This step is not needed. gnucash can be built perfectly fine with the > msys-perl version that gets installed automatically via install.sh. This > is so since I bumped the version to 5.8.x. It's ancient, I know, but > sufficient for the needs of building gnucash. > > And I'd rather remove the manual step of installing strawberry/active > perl again. I went through a lot of effort to make building on Windows > as simple as possible. Each extra manual step raises the barrier again.
OK, reverted. Regards, John Ralls _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
