I agree that there should not be any need for conflict. We happily coexist with NAnt after all. And as someone who does invoke big .sln builds of C++ DLLs from ant+Cruise control, I can only appreciate the addition of automation to the process. But you arent going to do C++, right? >>> Wrong :). We will support building C++ projects. C++ projects are not going to be in MSBuild format in the Whidbey timeframe (though they will be in the Longhorn timeframe), however MSBuild will understand and build both sln files as well as vsproj files directly. We will be doing this through a task called VCBuild which will be available for anyone to use. So for MSBuild projects we'll use the MSBuild task, and for C++ projects we'll use the VCBuild task. A solution file when fed to MSBuild is translated into an in-memory MSBuild project, and each project listed in the SLN is fed to the appropriate task based on its type.
So please, let us try and coexist. You are a year from shipping and arent going to gain anything by criticising us today. I hope, therefore, that we are going to see a slightly corrected chapter 2 up on csells's longhorn corner rather than the original. >>> Thanks to csells, I have the soft copy of that chapter in my hands as we speak. I'll be reviewing it tonight and making it accurate. You can expect a very different version of it to be posted on the Longhorn dev center in the coming weeks. 1. I have some specific requests for ildasm; we cant control its behaviour properly. Can you send them on to the relevant person. >>> Shoot them my way. Those folks are near by and I can certainly pass the feedback to them. 2. consistency of command line options between tools (csc, vbc, etc), and between .NET and mono. >>> Yeah, I share the feeling. I'll add the +1 to the count of people that have asked for that and will pass the feedback to the appropriate compiler PMs... I wouldn't hold my breath on this one :) oh good, maybe you can field support calls related to command.com on win9x too :) >>> haha very funny :) Alex Kipman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Program Manager MSBuild Team This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
