ReadMe for ICU 57.0.1

From: Peter Edberg Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2016 20:01:24 +0000 (+0000) Subject: ICU-12187 BRS task - Update readme for release candidate X-Git-Tag: milestone-59-0-1~548 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=1ea7639da3bcbf40c3eac31ad5deb2eabdecf690;p=icu ICU-12187 BRS task - Update readme for release candidate X-SVN-Rev: 38498 --- diff --git a/icu4c/readme.html b/icu4c/readme.html index aef3f7d96c6..d0a3f1f5ab7 100644 --- a/icu4c/readme.html +++ b/icu4c/readme.html @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ - ReadMe for ICU 57.0.1 + ReadMe for ICU 57.1 - - - - - + + +

Note: This is a draft readme.

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ International Components for Unicode
Release Candidate (Milestone Release) - ICU 57.0.1 ReadMe + ICU 57.1 ReadMe @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@

This is a release candidate version of ICU4C. It is not recommended for production use.

Last updated: 2016-Feb-03
+

Last updated: 2016-Mar-05
Copyright © 1997-2016 International Business Machines Corporation and others. All Rights Reserved.

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@

ICU Source Code Organization

- How To Build And Install ICU + How To Build And Install ICU

Recommended Build Options
How To Package ICU
- Important Notes About Using ICU + Important Notes About Using ICU
- Using ICU in a Multithreaded @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
- - Platform Dependencies + Platform Dependencies
  - Porting To A New @@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ release?
    API Changes
    -
    See the API Change Report for a complete +
    See the API Change Report for a complete list of APIs added, removed, or changed in this release.
    @@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ the users' guide for more information about how to build.
    
    ICU 54: Deprecation of Collation Short Strings
    -
    The collation short naming scheme and its API functions are deprecated. +
    The collation short naming scheme and its API functions are deprecated. Use ucol_open() with language tag collation keywords instead (see Collation API Details). For example, ucol_open("de-u-co-phonebk-ka-shifted", &errorCode) for German Phonebook order with "ignore punctuation" mode.
    @@ -816,7 +816,7 @@
    - Microsoft Windows
    - Microsoft Visual C++ (see the ICU download page for the currently compatible version)
    - Microsoft Visual C++ (see the ICU download page for the currently compatible version)
    Cygwin is required if using a version of MSVC other than the one compatible with the supplied project files or if other compilers are used to build ICU. (e.g. GCC)
    @@ -839,7 +839,7 @@ "#HowToBuildWindowsCommandLine">command line note below if you want to build from the command line instead.
  - Set the active platform to "Win32" or "x64" (See Windows platform note below) +
  - Set the active platform to "Win32" or "x64" (See Windows platform note below) and configuration to "Debug" or "Release" (See Windows configuration note below).
  - Choose the "Build" menu and select "Rebuild Solution". If you want to @@ -863,7 +863,7 @@ <ICU>\source\allinone\icucheck.bat x86 Release or <ICU>\source\allinone\icucheck.bat x64 Release
  +
Running the Tests from within Visual Studio
@@ -902,10 +902,10 @@ use Cygwin with this compiler to build ICU, and you can refer to the How To Build And Install On Windows with Cygwin section for more details.
- +
Setting Active Platform - Note: Even though you are able to select "x64" as the active platform, if your operating system is + Note: Even though you are able to select "x64" as the active platform, if your operating system is not a 64 bit version of Windows, the build will fail. To set the active platform, two different possibilities are:
Batch - Configuration Note: If you want to build the Win32 and x64 platforms and + Configuration Note: If you want to build the Win32 and x64 platforms and Debug and Release configurations at the same time, choose "Build" menu, and select "Batch Build...". Click the "Select All" button, and then click the "Rebuild" button.
@@ -949,7 +949,7 @@
Microsoft Visual C++ (when gcc isn't used).
- Cygwin with the following installed: + Cygwin with the following installed:
- bash
- The rest of the instructions for building and testing ICU on z/OS with UNIX System Services are the same as the How To @@ -1366,7 +1366,7 @@ cd ../../..
- Build ICU. (Note: Do not use the -j option)
```
gmake
```
- Test ICU.
```
gmake check
```
  (The QIBM_MULTI_THREADED=Y flag will be automatically applied to intltest - you can look at the
  @@ -1392,7 +1392,7 @@ cd ../../.. /buildBan empty directory, it will contain ICU built for B
  (HaikuOS in this case) - +
  1. Check out or unpack the ICU source code into the /icu directory.You will have the directories /icu/source, etc.
  2. Build ICU in /buildA normally (using runConfigureICU or configure): @@ -1787,7 +1787,7 @@ gnumake unicode/pXXXX.h (others: pwin32.h, ppalmos.h, ..): Platform-dependent typedefs and defines:
    
    - +
    - Generic types like UBool, int8_t, int16_t, int32_t, int64_t, @@ -1805,7 +1805,7 @@ gnumake unicode/putil.h, putil.c: platform-dependent implementations of various functions that are platform dependent:
      
      - +
      
      uprv_isNaN, uprv_isInfinite, uprv_getNaN and uprv_getInfinity for

API Changes

ICU 54: Deprecation of Collation Short Strings

Running the Tests from within Visual Studio