README.md and other docs: updates for 3.15 (OpenDDS#2232)

* README.md: updates for 3.15

* Review updates

Author: mitza-oci

INSTALL.md

@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ supported platforms.
   OpenDDS has a "configure" script to automate all steps required before
   actually compiling source code.  This script requires Perl 5.10 or newer to be
   installed and available on the system PATH.  Perl 5.8 may be sufficient on
-  Unix systems but [ActiveState Perl](https://www.activestate.com/products/activeperl/)
-  5.10 or newer should be used on Windows.
+  Unix systems. [Strawberry Perl](https://www.strawberryperl.com)
+  is recommended on Windows.
   To start the script simply change to the directory containing this INSTALL
   file, and run:
 

README.md

@@ -100,12 +100,12 @@ first -- the `configure` script will download it for you.
 
 There are two distributions of ACE/TAO that can be used with OpenDDS:
 
-* OCI ACE/TAO 2.2a patch 17 or later
+* OCI ACE/TAO 2.2a patch 19 or later
   * This will be automatically downloaded by default when using the configure
     script.
   * Can be manually downloaded from:
     * http://download.objectcomputing.com/TAO-2.2a_patches/
-* DOC Group ACE 6.5.8 / TAO 2.5.8 or later
+* DOC Group ACE 6.5.12 / TAO 2.5.12 or later in the ACE 6.x / TAO 2.x series
   * When using the configure script, DOC Group ACE/TAO can be downloaded using
     one of these arguments:
     * `--doc-group` for the latest release
@@ -124,8 +124,7 @@ Perl is used for the configure script, running the automated tests and examples
 included in this source tree, and generating Makefiles or Visual Studio project
 files.
 
-On Windows we recommend the use of [ActiveState Perl](
-https://www.activestate.com/activeperl).
+On Windows we recommend the use of [Straweberry Perl](https://strawberryperl.com).
 
 ### Optional Dependencies
 
@@ -150,12 +149,11 @@ This release of OpenDDS has been tested under the following platforms:
 
 Linux family:
 * Red Hat EL and CentOS 6.6, 6.8, 6.9 (x86\_64)
-* Red Hat EL and CentOS 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 (x86\_64)
-* Fedora 24 and 31 (x86\_64)
+* Red Hat EL and CentOS 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5 (x86\_64)
+* Fedora 24 and 33 (x86\_64)
 * Debian 9.4 (i686)
 * Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, (x86\_64)
 * openSUSE 42.1 (x86\_64)
-* [Docker](docs/docker.md)
 
 Windows family:
 * Windows 7 (32-bit, 64-bit)
@@ -187,13 +185,13 @@ This release of OpenDDS has been tested using the following compilers:
 * Microsoft Visual C++ 11 (Visual Studio 2012) - Update 4
 * Microsoft Visual C++ 12 (Visual Studio 2013) - Update 5
 * Microsoft Visual C++ 14 (Visual Studio 2015) - Update 3
-* Microsoft Visual C++ 14.1 (Visual Studio 2017) cl 19.16.27034
-* Microsoft Visual C++ 14.2 (Visual Studio 2019) cl 19.24.28316
+* Microsoft Visual C++ 14.1 (Visual Studio 2017) cl 19.16.27044
+* Microsoft Visual C++ 14.2 (Visual Studio 2019) cl 19.28.29335
 * gcc 4.4.7, 4.8.5
 * gcc 6.3
 * gcc 7.2
-* gcc 9.2
-* Clang 6.0 (llvm.org) and 11.0 (Apple)
+* gcc 10.2
+* Clang 11.0.1 (llvm.org) and 11.0.3 (Apple)
 
 ## Building and Installing
 

configure.cmd

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 for %%x in (perl.exe) do set PERLPATH=%%~dp$PATH:x
 if "x%PERLPATH%"=="x" (
-  echo ERROR: perl.exe was not found.  This script requires ActiveState Perl.
+  echo ERROR: perl.exe was not found.  This script requires Perl.
   exit /b 1
 )
 set PERLPATH=