This sounds great. I didn't know express chokes on folders. I'll investigate tomorrow and look into offering an option/autodetecting for gyp to emit a flat sln.
-BradN On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 8:19 PM, Dan Kegel <d...@kegel.com> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 6:21 PM, Dominic Jodoin <dominic.jod...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I just wanted to share with you all that I've succeeded in compiling > > Chrome using Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition and ATL 7.1 bundled with > > the Windows Driver Kit (WDK). > > > > I've wrote a blog post that gives the details of my recipe here: > > > http://cotsog.wordpress.com/2009/11/08/how-to-compile-google-chrome-with-visual-c-2008-express-edition/ > > Awesome! > > > It would be nice if some Chrome developers could review the steps and > > see if it could be a valid setup to contribute to the project thus > > lowering the entry bar to develop on Windows OS. > > Offhand it looks reasonable. > > > I also wonder if GYP could be made "express edition aware"? e.g. don't > > include solution folders in that case. > > IIRC the plan was to slowly get rid of our use of ATL, then think > about being express-edition-aware... so yeah, that sounds like > something we'd like to do. Patches welcome :-) > - Dan > > -- > Chromium Developers mailing list: chromium-dev@googlegroups.com > View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: > http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-dev > -- Chromium Developers mailing list: chromium-dev@googlegroups.com View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-dev
