<listitem>
<para>Boost build-time headers
(<ulink url="http://www.boost.org/"/>).
- At least Boost version 1.41 is required.
- When header-only Boost error code is not available or wanted, the
- Boost system library is required too.
+ The oldest Boost version used for testing is 1.57 (it may work with
+ older versions). Boost system library is required. Building boost
+ header only is no longer recommended.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- A C++ compiler and standard development headers.
- Kea 1.1.0 builds have been tested with GCC g++ 4.2.1,
- 4.4.7, 4.6.3, 4.8.3, 4.8.4, 4.8.5, 5.4.0; Clang++ 3.4.1;
- and Apple Clang++ 703.0.31.
- <!-- @todo update this list -->
+ A C++ compiler (with C++11 support) and standard development
+ headers. Kea builds have been tested with GCC g++ 4.7.2 4.7.3
+ 4.8.2 4.8.4 4.8.5 4.9.3 4.9.4 5.3.1 5.4.0 6.3.0 6.3.1
+ clang-800.0.38 clang-802.0.42 clang-900.0.37
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- googletest (version 1.6 or later), when using the --with-gtest configuration
+ googletest (version 1.8 or later), when using the --with-gtest configuration
option to build the unit tests.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
- <para>
- Visit the user-contributed wiki at
- <ulink url="http://kea.isc.org/wiki/SystemSpecificNotes" />
- for system-specific installation tips.
- </para>
-
</section>
<section id="install">
<para>
When building from source code retrieved via Git, additional
software will be required: automake (v1.11 or later),
- libtoolize, and autoconf (v2.59 or later).
+ libtoolize, and autoconf (v2.69 or later).
These may need to be installed.
</para>
</note>
<varlistentry>
<term>JSON</term>
<listitem>
- <simpara>JSON is the new default configuration backend
+ <simpara>JSON is the default configuration backend
that allows Kea to read JSON configuration files from
disk. It does not require any framework and thus is
- considered more lightweight. It will allow dynamic
- on-line reconfiguration, but lacks remote capabilities
- (i.e. no RESTful API).</simpara>
+ considered more lightweight. It allows dynamic on-line
+ reconfiguration using Kea API.</simpara>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>