I suspect it's time to move forward on what the minimum compiler level is too. I think your target is reasonable, but I'd like to understand what issues we have with the 6.0 level before committing on a version.
Extensions built with older levels should not be an issue. Those are just code and entry points that we load, and Windows sorts out the dependencies that the library has without there being an issue. We're more likely to run into issues of that sort on Linux than Windows. The only reason for supporting earlier versions is driven more by the needs of people working on the ooRexx code rather than a decision on what version we use to build the actual release. The release version should always be built with a fairly up-to-date version. Rick On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 1:10 AM, Mark Miesfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The interpreter on Windows no longer builds under Visual C++ 6.0. > That is probably fixable, but before much time is spent on it we > should discuss the minimum compiler version we intend to support. > > Obviously to build the 64-bit version we'll need a later compiler than > Visual C++ 6.0. But for the 32-bit build we could maybe still support > 6.0. Should we? Is it worth it? > > What compiler version is on the build machine? > > What version of the compiler should we build the release package with? > I forget what the official name of Visual C++ 7 is, if it's .Net or > 2003. I've got a copy of each compiler since 6.0, so I can build the > official release with whatever we decide to use, so that's not a > problem. > > I'd just as soon build the official release with Visual Studio 2005. > > But, we might have problems with people building their own external > functions and linking with the interpreter. Problems with the C run > time libraries. To tell the truth, I'm not real knowledgeable in that > area. It seems to me, we should have problems, but the couple of > quick tests I've done over the last year didn't show any problems. > > -- > Mark Miesfeld > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > Oorexx-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Oorexx-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel
