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2017-10-09doc: fix macosx-firewall suggestion BUILDINGsuraiyah
Adding back the changes made by commit# 791d560, that suggests running macosx-firewall.sh script after bulid step. These changes were deleted by commit# fc102d0, but they are still applicable. PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/15829 Reviewed-By: Ryan Graham <r.m.graham@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Benjamin Gruenbaum <benjamingr@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Daniel Bevenius <daniel.bevenius@gmail.com>
2017-10-08doc: add clearer setup descriptionEmily Platzer
Updated console example to follow style of rest of the examples PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/15962 Reviewed-By: Ruben Bridgewater <ruben@bridgewater.de> Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net> Reviewed-By: Michaël Zasso <targos@protonmail.com>
2017-09-06doc: instructions for generating coverage reportsSimon Brewster
Add instructions for generating code coverage reports to BUILDING.md PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/15190 Reviewed-By: Timothy Gu <timothygu99@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Michael Dawson <michael_dawson@ca.ibm.com> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
2017-08-27doc: building - note on Windows SDK 15063Refael Ackermann
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/14394 Reviewed-By: Gibson Fahnestock <gibfahn@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: João Reis <reis@janeasystems.com> Reviewed-By: Ruben Bridgewater <ruben@bridgewater.de>
2017-08-24doc: add note for Windows build pathKyle Lamse
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/14354 Fixes: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/14337 Reviewed-By: Vse Mozhet Byt <vsemozhetbyt@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Refael Ackermann <refack@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net> Reviewed-By: Gibson Fahnestock <gibfahn@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
2017-08-18doc: add missing wordJon Moss
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/14924 Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net> Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <rtrott@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
2017-08-18build: stop support building addons with VS 2013Michaël Zasso
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/14764 Refs: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/14730#issuecomment-321609328 Reviewed-By: Ben Noordhuis <info@bnoordhuis.nl> Reviewed-By: Tobias Nießen <tniessen@tnie.de> Reviewed-By: Refael Ackermann <refack@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Gibson Fahnestock <gibfahn@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <rtrott@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
2017-06-15doc: update minimum g++ version to 4.9.4Ben Noordhuis
The 4.8.x releases don't fully support C++11. Update the prerequisites for node.js 8 so that we won't have to work around compiler bugs in the future. To be decided if we should also update the minimum clang version. I believe clang 3.4.2 properly supports C++11 but am not 100% sure. PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13466 Ref: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/11840 Reviewed-By: Gibson Fahnestock <gibfahn@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Tobias Nießen <tniessen@tnie.de> Reviewed-By: Refael Ackermann <refack@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Michael Dawson <michael_dawson@ca.ibm.com> Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Nikolai Vavilov <vvnicholas@gmail.com>
2017-06-14doc: note that EoL platforms are not supportedGibson Fahnestock
Add a note to clarify that any platform that is EoL will not be supported by Node.js. PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/12672 Fixes: https://github.com/nodejs/build/issues/688 Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Vse Mozhet Byt <vsemozhetbyt@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Ben Noordhuis <info@bnoordhuis.nl> Reviewed-By: Matteo Collina <matteo.collina@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Sam Roberts <vieuxtech@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Rod Vagg <rod@vagg.org>
2017-06-07doc: update linux supported versionscjihrig
The libuv 1.12.0 update bumped the minimum supported version of linux + glibc. This commit updates BUILDING.md to reflect the new values. PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13306 Reviewed-By: Santiago Gimeno <santiago.gimeno@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Ben Noordhuis <info@bnoordhuis.nl> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Michael Dawson <michael_dawson@ca.ibm.com>
2017-06-03doc: suggest xcode-select --installGibson Fahnestock
If you don't have the full Xcode installed, the command-line tools are all you need. PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13264 Fixes: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/6449 Refs: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9215 Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
2017-05-30doc: fix doc stylesDaijiro Wachi
BUILDING.md + L122: Missing code-language flag + L170: Strong should use `*` as a marker doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V6.md + L1494: Don't pad `emphasis` with inner spaces doc/guides/maintaining-V8.md + L3: Don't use multiple top level headings + L16: Don't use multiple top level headings + L40: Don't use multiple top level headings + L124: Don't use multiple top level headings + L182: Missing code-language flag + L223: Don't use multiple top level headings + L288: Don't use multiple top level headings + L307: Don't use multiple top level headings doc/guides/writing-tests.md + L322: Missing code-language flag + L329: Missing code-language flag doc/releases.md + L299: Missing code-language flag PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13270 Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Alexey Orlenko <eaglexrlnk@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Michael Dawson <michael_dawson@ca.ibm.com>
2017-05-07doc: remove test-npm from general build docRich Trott
`make test-npm` is not particularly robust (currently fails on Linux and Windows, reportedly) and results in a fair number of requests for help from people new to the project. It is used when upgrading npm in core, which only a small number of mostly-predefined people do. Remove it from the general build doc. Refs: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/12836 PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/12840 Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net> Reviewed-By: Jeremiah Senkpiel <fishrock123@rocketmail.com> Reviewed-By: Daniel Bevenius <daniel.bevenius@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
2017-05-05win: make buildable on VS2017Refael Ackermann
* Set default to `vs2015` since `vs2017` is not CI-green yet * changes vcbuild.bat arg from `vc2015` to `vs2015`/`vs2017` `vc` as in Visual C++ is actually versions 14.0 or 14.10 `vs` as in Visual Studio is 2015 or 2017 Ref: http://lists.boost.org/Archives/boost/2017/03/233597.php 🤦 * keep `vc2015` for backward compatibility but "undocumented" * tools: transplant vswhere wrapper from `msvs-com-helper` Ref: https://github.com/node4good/msvs-com-helper PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/11852 Reviewed-By: João Reis <reis@janeasystems.com> Reviewed-By: Bartosz Sosnowski <bartosz@janeasystems.com> Reviewed-By: Gibson Fahnestock <gibfahn@gmail.com>
2017-04-28doc: clarify arch support for power platformsMichael Dawson
Add specifics as to the level of hardware supported for power platforms. Power 8 is the first processor level to support ppc little endian. Set the minimum level for AIX to Power7 for Node version 8 and later. This will allow the potential to leverage new instructions and optimizations going forward. We have spoken to the AIX team and they agree this makes sense. Earlier processor levels will continue to be supported for version 4.x and 6.x on AIX. PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/12679 Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Gibson Fahnestock <gibfahn@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Richard Lau <riclau@uk.ibm.com>
2017-04-18doc: upgrade Clang requirement to 3.4.2Michaël Zasso
Clang 3.4.1 has a bug that prevents compilation of V8. As of Node.js 8.0.0 we stopped floating a workaround for this issue. PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/12388 Reviewed-By: Ben Noordhuis <info@bnoordhuis.nl> Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Benjamin Gruenbaum <benjamingr@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Gibson Fahnestock <gibfahn@gmail.com>
2017-04-12doc: drop PPC BE from supported platformsMichael Dawson
We've discussed this with the Power team within IBM and have agreement that we should drop Power Linux BE for Node version 8 as customers will be using Power Linux LE when using Node.js going forward. PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/12309 Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Gibson Fahnestock <gibfahn@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Ben Noordhuis <info@bnoordhuis.nl> Reviewed-By: Richard Lau <riclau@uk.ibm.com> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: George Adams <george.adams@uk.ibm.com> Reviewed-By: Jaideep Bajwa <bjaideep@ca.ibm.com>
2017-04-07doc: update OS level support for AIXMichael Dawson
Update OS level supprot for AIX. Based on discussions with the AIX team we've have decided that the minimum support level should be 7.1. This is because support for AIX 6.1 will likely end during the lifespan of the upcoming Node version 8 release. PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/12235 Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Richard Lau <riclau@uk.ibm.com> Reviewed-By: Sam Roberts <vieuxtech@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Gibson Fahnestock <gibfahn@gmail.com>
2017-04-04doc: change Mac OS X to macOSJR McEntee
This update changes references to "Mac OS X", "OS X", and "OSX" in markdown files to "macOS". PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/12106 Fixes: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/12086 Reviewed-By: Vse Mozhet Byt <vsemozhetbyt@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Richard Lau <riclau@uk.ibm.com> Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Gibson Fahnestock <gibfahn@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
2017-04-04doc: minor improvements in BUILDING.mdSakthipriyan Vairamani (thefourtheye)
1. necessarily reliably => necessarily reliable 2. projects root directory => project's root directory 3. remove `console` highlighting, as `test` alone is highlighted 4. fix broken link for Android NDK 5. highlight the directory location `/usr/local/ssl/fips-2.0` 6. update expected output to an example for `process.versions.openssl` as the version displayed is not mentioned in the document PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/11963 Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Michael Dawson <michael_dawson@ca.ibm.com> Reviewed-By: Gibson Fahnestock <gibfahn@gmail.com>
2017-03-20doc: add supported platforms listMichael Dawson
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/11872 Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <rtrott@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Roman Reiss <me@silverwind.io> Reviewed-By: Ben Noordhuis <info@bnoordhuis.nl> Reviewed-By: Gibson Fahnestock <gibfahn@gmail.com>
2017-03-16doc: gcc version is at least 4.8.5 in BUILDING.mddetailyang
>= 4.8.5 is required because of compiler bugs in earlier versions PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/11840 Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Ben Noordhuis <info@bnoordhuis.nl> Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
2017-01-21Revert "doc: correct vcbuild options for windows testing"Gibson Fahnestock
This reverts commit ed9b6c1264a07084e44f1d269bfe82e0f1b37c74. PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/10839 Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Evan Lucas <evanlucas@me.com>
2017-01-10doc: correct vcbuild options for windows testingJonathan Boarman
Corrected parameter for running tests on Windows. Without the corrected parameters, Windows users encounter an error about failing to sign the build, "Failed to sign exe", which can be discouraging to new Windows community members. PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/10686 Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Bartosz Sosnowski <bartosz@janeasystems.com>
2017-01-09doc: update BUILDING.mdLukasz Gasior
Added a note about Visual Studio 2015 feature which should be installed for building Node.js source code. PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/10669 Reviewed-By: Gibson Fahnestock <gibfahn@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Bartosz Sosnowski <bartosz@janeasystems.com> Reviewed-By: Myles Borins <myles.borins@gmail.com>
2016-12-22doc: clarify macosx-firewall suggestion BUILDINGChase Starr
`./tools/macosx-firewall.sh` fails if run before build step. Since the suggestion comes before the build steps in the document, this change clarifies that the script should be run after building. PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/10311 Reviewed-By: Myles Borins <myles.borins@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Jeremiah Senkpiel <fishrock123@rocketmail.com> Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Italo A. Casas <me@italoacasas.com> Reviewed-By: Gibson Fahnestock <gibfahn@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
2016-12-18build: change nosign flag to sign and flips logicJoe Doyle
Makes the default build on Windows not try to sign the node.exe binary after a build. Instead the 'sign' flag now indicates that the binary should be signed. The 'nosign' flag is left as a noop. Reviewed-By: Nikolai Vavilov <vvnicholas@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Ben Noordhuis <info@bnoordhuis.nl> Reviewed-By: Bartosz Sosnowski <bartosz@janeasystems.com> Reviewed-By: Michael Dawson <michael_dawson@ca.ibm.com> Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: João Reis <reis@janeasystems.com> PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/10156
2016-12-09doc: add note to parallelize makeJonathan Darling
Adds a note to the BUILDING doc to encourage parallelizing make. When I first built node I didn't know this trick and thought that the build was just stuck in an infinite loop after waiting for 10 minutes. Refs: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/8286 Refs: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9881 PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9961 Reviewed-By: Jeremiah Senkpiel <fishrock123@rocketmail.com> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Gibson Fahnestock <gibfahn@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Ben Noordhuis <info@bnoordhuis.nl> Reviewed-By: Stephen Belanger <admin@stephenbelanger.com>
2016-12-09tools: add macosx-firwall script to avoid popupsDaniel Bevenius
Currently, there are a number of popups that get displayed when running the tests asking to accept incoming network connections. Rules can be added manually to the socket firewall on Mac OS X but getting this right might not be obvious and quite a lot of time can be wasted trying to get the rules right. This script hopes to simplify things a little so that it can be re-run when needed. The script should be runnable from both the projects root directory and from the tools directory, for example: $ sudo ./tools/macosx-firewall.sh Fixes: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/8911 PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/10114 Reviewed-By: Ben Noordhuis <info@bnoordhuis.nl> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Gibson Fahnestock <gibfahn@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
2016-11-21tools: disallow trailing whitespace for markdownSam Roberts
markdown had a dispensation because 2 or more trailing spaces triggers a new paragraph. There are no examples of that usage in Node, all trailing whitespace found were mistakes, and the dispensation is now removed. See: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9620 PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9676 Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Roman Reiss <me@silverwind.io> Reviewed-By: Michaël Zasso <targos@protonmail.com> Reviewed-By: Gibson Fahnestock <gibfahn@gmail.com>
2016-11-20doc: fix typo in BUILDING.mdmonkick
e.g., to e.g. at BUILDING.md line 116 PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9569 Reviewed-By: Roman Reiss <me@silverwind.io> Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net> Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Shigeki Ohtsu <ohtsu@ohtsu.org> Reviewed-By: Michael Dawson <michael_dawson@ca.ibm.com> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
2016-11-01doc: update OpenSSL linkskobelb
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9338 Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Sam Roberts <vieuxtech@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Roman Reiss <me@silverwind.io>
2016-09-28doc: remove failing workaround in BUILDING.mdChristopher Fujino
Updated BUILDING.md, removing workaround for Python conflicts that didn't work. PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8763 Reviewed-By: Ilkka Myller <ilkka.myller@nodefield.com> Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <rtrott@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Bryan English <bryan@bryanenglish.com> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> Refs: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8763
2016-09-27doc: enable first-heading-level remark-lint ruleСковорода Никита Андреевич
This makes sure that the first heading in all markdown files is h1. Only three files needed to be changed to conform: 1. BUILDING.md 2. CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md 3. doc/onboarding-extras.md Also, .remarkrc is updated to include the `first-heading-level: 1` rule in order to catch similar issues in the future. PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8716 Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
2016-09-24doc: update BUILDING.mdrainabba
Added note about vcbuild being included as batch to clarify that it's not needed from msbuild tools or visual studio. PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8704 Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Franziska Hinkelmann <franziska.hinkelmann@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <rtrott@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Ilkka Myller <ilkka.myller@nodefield.com> Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
2016-09-06doc: update BUILDING.mdRich Trott
* General copy-editing * Move `[sudo] make install` step from general Unix build to own step * Remove `make test-addons` as that is now covered by `make test` * Standardize on `/path/to/foo` as used elsewhere in the doc * Change `node -e` to `./node -e` to avoid using different node binary PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8398 Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Jeremiah Senkpiel <fishrock123@rocketmail.com> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
2016-08-12doc: update windows prerequisitesBen Noordhuis
Visual Studio 2013 is no longer supported. Update the Windows build prerequisites. Refs: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/7484 PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8049 Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: João Reis <reis@janeasystems.com>
2016-08-04doc: *.md formatting fixes in the top-level dirСковорода Никита Андреевич
Continuing what a58b48bc3bcf43f7090d4cc914606af68fe55815 did for the doc/ dir, this fixes some formatting issues in the *.md files that are placed directly in the top-level directory. README.md changes are excluded as they are covered by https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/7971 Refs: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/7637 PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/7727 Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <rtrott@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Michaël Zasso <mic.besace@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
2016-06-23doc: update build instructions for WindowsJoão Reis
The Visual C++ Build Tools are supported to build Node on Windows and already used in CI, so they should be included in the build instructions. Reviewed-By: Rod Vagg <rod@vagg.org> Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com> PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/7285
2016-05-10build: add Make `doc-only` targetJesse McCarthy
Allows building just docs using existing Node instead of building Node first. PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3888 Reviewed-By: Chris Dickinson <christopher.s.dickinson@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Rod Vagg <rod@vagg.org> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Myles Borins <myles.borins@gmail.com>
2016-05-09doc: add steps for running addons + npm testsMyles Borins
Currently we do not document how to run the test suite for native modules or for npm. This commit updates BUILDING.md with the information needed to do so. It includes a caveat about Node v4 and earlier requiring `make install` to be run before running the npm test suite. PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/6231 Reviewed-By: Ben Noordhuis <info@bnoordhuis.nl> Reviewed-By: Jeremiah Senkpiel <fishrock123@rocketmail.com> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Michael Dawson <michael_dawson@ca.ibm.com>
2016-05-04tools: Check in tools for shrinking ICU size, change default to small-icuSteven R. Loomis
* Change configure default to "small-icu" (Intl on, English only) * add "--without-intl" and "vcbuild without-intl" options, equivalent to --with-intl=none * update BUILDING.md with above changes * Checks in tools that generate the deps/icu-small source directory from ICU source * Tools and process for updating ICU documented in tools/icu/README.md Fixes: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/3476 PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/6088 Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
2016-04-28doc: update build instructions for OS XRich Trott
Building Node.js on OS X requires XCode (because node-gyp requires XCode). Add that information to BUILDING.md. Additionally, this changes references to `Macintosh` in BUILDING.md to refer to `OS X`. This is consistent with the way other references are to operating system families (`Unix`, `Windows`) and not brand names or hardware architectures. PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/6309 Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Johan Bergström <bugs@bergstroem.nu>
2016-04-06doc: note about Android supportRich Trott
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/6040 Refs: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/6035 Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Brian White <mscdex@mscdex.net>
2016-03-14doc: move build instructions to a new documentJohan Bergström
This makes README.md easier to consume and likely less confusing for people that get it as part of a binary download. PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5634 Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <rtrott@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Brian White <mscdex@mscdex.net> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
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