[GNC] Wiki:Installation/Building; was: Ubuntu 18.04

[Frank H. Ellenberger]

Hi all,

Am 12.06.2018 um 17:39 schrieb David T. via gnucash-user:
> David,
> 
> The main wiki page has limited edit access, 

that does not mean it is unalterable. For minor changes just add a note
to its talk page.

>but https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Installation <https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Installation> would be a good place to hook build instructions into.

yes, much better., e.g.:
The latest released GnuCash version is {{Version}}. If you want a more
recent version than your distribution provides, see [[Building]].

We should also reformulate
https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Building#Disclaimer, but

The current page covers only "Building from Git".
Do we want to decribe other methods, e.g. building from source tarball?
Are there more methods?
In the same page or others?

> David T.
> 
> 
>> On Jun 12, 2018, at 3:19 AM, DaveC49 <davidcousens at bigpond.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Geert,
>>
>> I think one of the reasons people are not finding the Build#Ubuntu
>> instructions and main build instructions in the wiki is that the main page
>> is identified as Build Instructions for Developers rather than a general
>> GnuCash Build Instructions page which gets listed in the top level directory
>> of the wiki.

Before the page was moved in the developer section and got the
disclaimer, we got many questions from normal users who had read
[[Building]] instead of [[Installation]]. (alphabethical order of pages)

>> I noted this when i rewrote the Build#Ubuntu page recently and
>> have been meaning to attempt a reorganisation with a general Build
>> Instructions page with breakouts for the various OS andLinux distributions
>> and then perhaps link a page specifically for developers build instructions.
>> The move from make to CMake has meant that the developer's build
>> instructions are possibly more relevant as general build instructions. I
>> will try and get that done asap. Perhaps if we can link to that info in the
>> Wiki from the documentation and or Gnucash webpage it will make it easier
>> for people to access. That can be difficult as the wiki tends to be a bit
>> free form and specific pages may come and go but a link to the wiki main
>> page with a note that more information is available on builds in the wiki
>> might help.
>>
>> David Cousens

~Frank