On Friday, July 24, 2015 at 5:09:07 PM UTC-4, jean-pierre.muench wrote:
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> Am 24.07.2015 um 22:59 schrieb Jeffrey Walton:
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> I don't think we should include HKDF and Base64URLEncoder in a revision
>> release, so I was going to subtract them manually. They can be included in
>> 5.7 or 6.0.
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>> I think dropping HKDF from here is ok, because we *know* that the
>> interface will change soon. Concerning the Encoder I'm not too sure.
>> Generally adding stuff seems to be considered ok for minor releases (5.6.2
>> got Keccak) so the encoder may stay.
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> OK. So let me check Crypto++ history and see if there's any precedent.
> (There probably is, I just don't recall off the top of my head).
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> Open question: what versions of Visual Studio should be supported?
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>> It would be nice if VS 2005 would be supported but I guess we don't have
>> to (let it stay untested?).
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> Well, the project files are VS 2008. That ship has sailed.
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>> I think VS 2008 should be supported.
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> Yes, definitely.
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> Looking to the future, this may change. For Crypto++ 5.7 or 6.0 may switch
> to VS2010 or VS2012. We have to be careful how far we leap forward because
> those tools are expensive, and I don't want to create barrier for entry as
> a Crypto++ user. That is, if an average developer has VS2010 (but not
> VS2012 or VS2015), I want them to be able to download a run with it.
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> I guess upgrading to VS 2010 is probably OK, but we should note that
> VS2008 is deprecated with 5.6.3 and may not be tested for 5.7.0 / 6.0.0.
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We can't ship 5.6.3 and then claim VS2008 is deprecated in the same breath
They are Visual Studio 2008 solution and project files:
$ cat cryptest.vcproj | head -5
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="gb2312"?>
<VisualStudioProject
ProjectType="Visual C++"
Version="8.00"
Name="cryptest"
> I hope you consider / qualify for using VS 2015 (or VS 2013) community
> edition (professional with some really minor drawbacks and some license
> restrictions) so this doesn't hurt your wallet too much :)
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> Yeah, its par for the course with me. I know its going to cost me $500 or
$600 to add this support :)
I used to have a contact at Microsoft who would provide me with a yearly
MSDN subscription for testing purposes, which allowed me to download OSes
and VS. But I have not heard from him in a while, and I think he may have
left the company.
Jeff
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