[docs] Clean up some of the required software to not mention irrelevant

bits of software and to use a modern GCC version.

The Subversion bit was weird anyways -- it has nothing to do with
compiling LLVM. Also, there are many other ways to get at the trunk
source (git, git-svn, etc).

The TeXinfo thing... I have no idea about. But you can get a working
LLVM w/o it pretty easily. If man pages or something are missing, that
hardly seems like a problem. If folks really want this back, let me
know, but it seems mostly like a distraction.

I'd still like to separate this into:
- Required software to compile.
- Optional software to compile.
- Required software for certain *contributor* activities (like
  regenerating configure scripts).

Also we need to mention that there are multiple options for build
systems, and the differences.

Also we should mention Windows.

Also probably other stuff I'm forgetting.

I'm wondering if this whole thing needs to be shot in the head and we
should just start a new, simpler getting started that doesn't have so
many years of accumulated stuff that is no longer relevant.

git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk@202373 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/docs/GettingStarted.rst b/docs/GettingStarted.rst
index 4ce3fa4cb3..9987c5c04d 100644
--- a/docs/GettingStarted.rst
+++ b/docs/GettingStarted.rst
@@ -167,15 +167,13 @@ uses the package and provides other details.
 Package                                                     Version      Notes
 =========================================================== ============ ==========================================
 `GNU Make <http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/make>`_         3.79, 3.79.1 Makefile/build processor
-`GCC <http://gcc.gnu.org/>`_                                3.4.2        C/C++ compiler\ :sup:`1`
-`TeXinfo <http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/>`_           4.5          For building the CFE
-`SVN <http://subversion.tigris.org/project_packages.html>`_ >=1.3        Subversion access to LLVM\ :sup:`2`
-`python <http://www.python.org/>`_                          >=2.5        Automated test suite\ :sup:`3`
-`GNU M4 <http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/m4>`_             1.4          Macro processor for configuration\ :sup:`4`
-`GNU Autoconf <http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/>`_     2.60         Configuration script builder\ :sup:`4`
-`GNU Automake <http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/>`_     1.9.6        aclocal macro generator\ :sup:`4`
-`libtool <http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/libtool>`_       1.5.22       Shared library manager\ :sup:`4`
-`zlib <http://zlib.net>`_                                   >=1.2.3.4    Compression library\ :sup:`5`
+`GCC <http://gcc.gnu.org/>`_                                >=4.7.0      C/C++ compiler\ :sup:`1`
+`python <http://www.python.org/>`_                          >=2.5        Automated test suite\ :sup:`2`
+`GNU M4 <http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/m4>`_             1.4          Macro processor for configuration\ :sup:`3`
+`GNU Autoconf <http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/>`_     2.60         Configuration script builder\ :sup:`3`
+`GNU Automake <http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/>`_     1.9.6        aclocal macro generator\ :sup:`3`
+`libtool <http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/libtool>`_       1.5.22       Shared library manager\ :sup:`3`
+`zlib <http://zlib.net>`_                                   >=1.2.3.4    Compression library\ :sup:`4`
 =========================================================== ============ ==========================================
 
 .. note::
@@ -183,9 +181,6 @@ Package                                                     Version      Notes
    #. Only the C and C++ languages are needed so there's no need to build the
       other languages for LLVM's purposes. See `below` for specific version
       info.
-   #. You only need Subversion if you intend to build from the latest LLVM
-      sources. If you're working from a release distribution, you don't need
-      Subversion.
    #. Only needed if you want to run the automated test suite in the
       ``llvm/test`` directory.
    #. If you want to make changes to the configure scripts, you will need GNU