On 27.11.2009 22:07, Steve Borho wrote: > On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 6:07 PM, Adrian Buehlmann <adr...@cadifra.com> wrote: >> On 27.11.2009 01:00, Adrian Buehlmann wrote: >>> # HG changeset patch >>> # User Adrian Buehlmann <adr...@cadifra.com> >>> # Date 1259278608 -3600 >>> # Branch stable >>> # Node ID 5ca61395eec22ec8e6f933500544c334b0d058a9 >>> # Parent 1e86a65248c8d2c9ff7111a21b1560c65a6fe00a >>> shellext: update README.txt to use "Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows 7" >>> >>> removing instructions for mingw32 compiler, which is no longer supported >>> >> Steve, I recommend to apply this patch to STABLE, because >> the updated build instructions using the SDK apply for the stable >> branch as well: >> >> No need for Visual C++ ! (not even express, which lacks the 64 bit >> compiler) > > Thanks a lot for figuring this out. I have updated my XP autobuild > box to use the Windows 7 SDK (a two-day trail of tears too sad to > detail here) and will update thg-winbuild to prefer this method if it > finds the SDK installed.
Very good. Thanks a lot for all your excellent build work. > I'm glad we can build good thgshell binaries using tools from free downloads. Yes. This is a big relief. I'm sorry that it took me that long to notice this. Not everyone can afford buying the latest Studio versions all the time :) (or paying an MSDN subscription). > Now I'm curious if Python will use (or can be made to use) these > compilers to build C extensions. Perhaps we can drop mingw entirely. > Indeed. The compiler in Windows 7 SDK seems to be the full optimizing C++ compiler. I doubt there is any difference to the one shipping with Visual C++ (modulo libraries like MFC and ATL of course, which hopefully no one is using for these kind of things). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Tortoisehg-develop mailing list Tortoisehg-develop@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tortoisehg-develop
