Zachary Gorden wrote: > To specifically address the points raised, the fact that something is > open source does not automatically elevate it in priority for this > project. Quite a few of us work for companies that make heavy use of > Visual Studio and appreciate all the functionality in it. The fact > that the source code for CB is available actually doesn't add much > favor to it when we evaluate which tools to support. Our primary > concern is what tools can we use and what does the job the best. Of > the IDEs we can use, there's quite a few, ranging from VS to CB to > even Eclipse and Netbeans. The one that would to the job the best, in > our view, is VS, so we will choose it. If few people on the team even > touch CB or the other IDEs, then there is little motivation to > continue supporting it, especially if that support was broken to begin > with. You claim there is a strategic reason to provide support for > open source platforms. In this instance, the project feels that that > strategic reason is not important enough to merit continued effort. > If you feel strongly enough to try and make it work, then go for it, > but the rest of us aren't terribly bothered by not having access to > VS' source code. Yes, I quite understand your point, of course. The benefit of being able to use a single IDE for both daytime work and FOSS efforts is obvious. I was just a bit concerned we might end up in a situation where we are *required* to use a commercial product to build our open source project, or even work conveniently with the source. But then again, we're talking about the working environment, not the compiler, so I guess my concern is a bit misplaced .. :-) > Also, our intent is that we also support using the Express editions > of Visual Studio, so getting access to VS should not be that hard > unless you refuse to work on Windows. It seems like Microsoft no longer offer VS Express for download.. At least I couldn't find it when I went looking. I'll try to make do with CB.
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