Jorge Schrauwen wrote: >> > I compiled them on vs2008 IIRC (not sure only boot into the vm when > need to compile) > Sadly the exact same version is needed or else it refuses to load. > That is what wrowe mentioned above with all the minor version bumps > here and there.
Precisely. Also note; VC2008 studio file cannot load in studio 2005. This might also be true of SP bumps. Today, it's VC6 dsw/dsp's only because that was the last version able to export a set of non-studio Makefiles. If we eliminate the need to export win32's makefiles, we eliminate dsp's altogether. So as far as .sln's are concerned, if we can emit, from our build schema, either .vcproj elements or makefiles or both, then we can forever drop VC6 files. VC6 certainly would still compile, but using the command line. I can't seriously believe that we should support the IDE itself forever. But studio (or eclipse or codewarrior or [name your IDE]) users would appreciate a perspective into the sources. The IDE-accessible nature of the original Win32 port is what made it so easy for me to jump in, understand and substantially refactor the win32 support. Without the IDE view, would I have done that? Maybe - but at that time in my development patterns - more likely not. Lets look to supporting [name your favorite IDE] as a bigger picture item not specific to windows, and to transition away from .dsp for the build/ide view support. Bill
