From 62f73fdea32ca5c6b6acd21f92e081efd87e1a83 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thien-Thi Nguyen Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2020 01:34:11 -0500 Subject: clarify version compatibility rule; add GNUnet source tarball link --- taler-merchant-manual.rst | 12 ++++++++---- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'taler-merchant-manual.rst') diff --git a/taler-merchant-manual.rst b/taler-merchant-manual.rst index 5b64afb7..617cc773 100644 --- a/taler-merchant-manual.rst +++ b/taler-merchant-manual.rst @@ -303,9 +303,9 @@ backend: - GNU libmicrohttpd >= 0.9.71 -- GNUnet >= 0.14.0 +- GNUnet >= 0.14.0 (from `source tarball `__) -- GNU Taler exchange >= 0.8.0 (see `release announcement `__) +- GNU Taler exchange (see `release announcement `__) Except for the last two, these are available in most GNU/Linux distributions and should just be installed using the respective package manager. Be careful @@ -314,8 +314,12 @@ that will not work. While you are in the GNU Taler exchange `download directory `__, -you might as well also download the tarball for GNU Taler merchant >= 0.7.0 -(the version number need not match that of the GNU Taler exchange). +you might as well also download the tarball for GNU Taler merchant. + +GNU Taler components version numbers follow the ``MAJOR.MINOR.MICRO`` format. +The general rule for compatibility is that ``MAJOR`` and ``MINOR`` must match. +Exceptions to this general rule are documented in the release notes. +For example, Taler merchant 0.8.0 is compatible with Taler exchange 0.8.1. The following sections will provide detailed instructions for installing the ``libgnunetutil`` and GNU Taler exchange dependencies. -- cgit v1.2.3