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v5.0.x: docs: add notes about dependency versions #12850

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46 changes: 41 additions & 5 deletions docs/installing-open-mpi/required-support-libraries.rst
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* This library is required; Open MPI will not build without it.
* **Minimum version required:** |hwloc_min_version|

.. note:: While the minimum version of Hwloc will *work*, it may
still have bugs and/or have less functionality as
compared to later versions.

Other than the Hwloc restriction about v3.0.0 and beyond
(see below), the Open MPI community generally recomends
using the latest available version of Hwloc unless there
is a specific reason not to.

* **Version embedded in Open MPI distribution:**
|hwloc_embedded_version|

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* **Version embedded in Open MPI distribution:**
|event_embedded_version|

* `PMIx <https://pmix.org/>`_
.. note:: The Open MPI community has heavily tested Libevent
|event_embedded_version|. Other versions should *work*,
but |mdash| unlike Hwloc, OpenPMIx, and PRRTE |mdash|
there is not much reason to upgrade to use a later
version of Libevent.

* `OpenPMIx <https://docs.openpmix.org/>`_

* This library is required; Open MPI will not build without it.
* **Minimum version required when building without PRRTE:**
|pmix_min_version|

.. note:: While the minimum version of OpenPMIx will *work*, it
may still have bugs and/or have less functionality as
compared to later versions.

The Open MPI community generally recomends using the
latest available version of OpenPMIx unless there is a
specific reason not to.

.. note:: While `OpenPMIx <https://docs.openpmix.org/>`_ is the
formal name of the software that implements the `PMIx
<https://pmix.org/>`_ standard, the term "PMIx" is used
extensively throughout this documentation to refer to
the OpenPMIx software package.

* **Minimum version required when building with PRRTE:** `See the
PRRTE project documentation <https://docs.prrte.org/>`_.
* **Version embedded in Open MPI distribution:**
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* This library is optional in some environments. See below.
* **Minimum version required:** |prte_min_version|

.. note:: While building Open MPI with PRRTE |prte_min_version|
*works*, you will not get a fully-populated
``mpirun(1)`` man page. The Open MPI community
recommends that you use PRRTE version 3.0.1 or higher.
.. note:: While the minimum version of PRRTE will *work*, it may
still have bugs and/or have less functionality as
compared to later versions. For example, if you build
and run with |prte_min_version|, you will not get a
fully-populated ``mpirun(1)`` man page.

The Open MPI community generally recomends using the
latest available version of PRRTE unless there is a
specific reason not to.

* **Version embedded in Open MPI distribution:**
|prte_embedded_version|
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