Changeset 712

Timestamp:

11/15/08 15:32:11 (4 years ago)

Author:

CrawfordCurrie

Message:

Item109: Moved SystemRequirements

Location:

trunk/core/data/TWiki

Files:

• CompleteDocumentation.txt (modified) (1 diff)
• SystemRequirements.txt (moved) (moved from trunk/core/data/TWiki/TWikiSystemRequirements.txt) (4 diffs)

trunk/core/data/TWiki/CompleteDocumentation.txt

@@ -9 +9 @@
 
 ------
-%INCLUDE{"TWikiSystemRequirements"}%
+%INCLUDE{"SystemRequirements"}%
 
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trunk/core/data/TWiki/SystemRequirements.txt

@@ -1 +1 @@
 %META:TOPICINFO{author="ProjectContributor" date="1178317477" format="1.1" version="$Rev: 13239 $"}%
 %STARTINCLUDE%
----+ TWiki System Requirements
+---+ System Requirements
 
 _Server and client requirements_
 
-Low client and server base requirements are core features that keep TWiki widely deployable, particularly across a range of browser platforms and versions.  Many [[TWiki:Plugins.PluginPackage][Plugins]] and [[TWiki:Plugins.ContribPackage][contrib modules]] exist which enhance and expand TWiki's capabilities; they may have additional requirements.
+Low client and server base requirements are core features that keep TWiki widely deployable, particularly across a range of browser platforms and versions.  Many extensions exist which enhance and expand TWiki's capabilities; they may have additional requirements.
 
 %TOC%
@@ -11 +11 @@
 ---++ Server Requirements
 
-TWiki is written in Perl 5, uses a number of shell commands, and requires [[http://www.gnu.org/software/rcs/rcs.html][RCS (Revision Control System)]], a GNU Free Software package. TWiki is developed in a basic Linux/Apache environment. It also works with Microsoft Windows, and should have no problem on any other platform that meets the requirements.
+The code is written in Perl 5, and uses a number of shell commands from perl.
+The default package requires [[http://www.gnu.org/software/rcs/rcs.html][RCS (Revision Control System)]], a GNU Free Software package. TWiki is developed in a basic Linux/Apache environment. It also works with Microsoft Windows, and should have no problem on any other platform that meets the requirements.
 
 | *Resource* | *Required Server Environment *<nop>* |
@@ -22 +23 @@
 | Web server | Apache is well supported; see TWiki:TWiki.InstallingTWiki#OtherWebServers for other servers |
 
----+++ Required CPAN Modules
-The following Perl modules are used by TWiki:
-| *Module* | *Preferred version* |
-| Algorithm::Diff (included) | |
-| CGI::Carp | >=1.26 |
-| Config | >=0 |
-| Cwd | >=3.05 | 
-| Data::Dumper | >=2.121 |
-| Error (included) | |
-| File::Copy | >=2.06 |
-| File::Find | >=1.05 |
-| File::Spec | >=3.05 |
-| File::Temp | (included with perl 5.6 and later) |
-| !FileHandle | >=2.01 |
-| IO::File | >=1.10 |
-| Text::Diff (included) | |
-| Time::Local | >=1.11 |
-
----+++ Optional CPAN Modules
-The following Perl modules may be used by TWiki:
-| *Module* | *Preferred version* | *Description* |
-| CGI::Cookie | >=1.24 | Used for session support |
-| CGI::Session | >=3.95 | Used for session support |
-| Digest::base | | |
-| Digest::SHA1 | | |
-| Jcode | | Used for <nop>I18N support with perl 5.6 |
-| Locale::Maketext::Lexicon | >=0 | Used for <nop>I18N support |
-| Net::SMTP | >=2.29 | Used for sending mail |
-| Unicode::Map | | Used for <nop>I18N support with perl 5.6 |
-| Unicode::Map8 | | Used for <nop>I18N support with perl 5.6 |
-| Unicode::MapUTF8 | | Used for <nop>I18N support with perl 5.6 |
-| Unicode::String | | Used for <nop>I18N support with perl 5.6 |
-| URI | | Used for configure |
+---+++ Perl Modules
+A complete list of the required and optional Perl modules can be found in =lib/DEPENDENCIES=.
 
 Most of them will probably already be available in your installation. You can check version numbers with the =configure= script, or if you're still trying to get to that point, check from the command line like this:
@@ -60 +30 @@
 perl -e 'use FileHandle; print $FileHandle::VERSION."\n"'
 </verbatim>
-<!--
-SMELL: perhaps put download link to TWiki:Plugins.CpanContrib? (which 
-also includes prebuilt versions of all of the CPAN modules used by 
-all of the plugins checked into SVN)
--->
+
 
 #ClientRequirements
 ---++ Client Requirements
 
-The TWiki [[InstallationGuide][standard installation]] has relatively low browser requirements:
+The [[InstallationGuide][standard installation]] has relatively low browser requirements:
 
-   * HTML 3.2 compliant
+   * HTML 4 compliant
    * Cookies, if persistent sessions are required
 
-CSS and Javascript are used in most skins, although there is a low-fat skin (Classic skin) available that minimises these requirements. Some skins will require more recent releases of browsers. The default skin (Pattern) is tested on IE 6, Safari, and Mozilla 5.0 based browsers (such as Firefox).
-<!--
-SMELL: what are some actual known good version number requirements for these browsers (eg, FireFox 1.0, or 1.0.3, or 1.0.7, or ???), etc.
--->
+CSS and Javascript are used in most skins. Some skins will require more recent releases of browsers. The default skin is tested on IE 6, 7, Safari 3.0, and recent Mozilla based browsers (such as Firefox).
 
 You can easily select a balance of browser capability versus look and feel. Try the installed skins at %SYSTEMWEB%.TWikiSkinBrowser and more at TWiki:Plugins.SkinPackage.
 
----++ Important note about TWiki Plugins
+---++ Important note about Plugins
 
    * Plugins can require just about anything -  browser-specific functions, stylesheets (CSS), Java applets, cookies, specific Perl modules,... - check the individual Plugin specs.