Jakob, I do think it's a leap to assume no-one cares. I don't update very frequently. Every time I update V8 it's a real investment in time because the API frequently changes. Since 7.1 (last working version), I'd stopped updating V8 because I figured the community had broken something that would eventually get fixed by goblins. I didn't get the memo about dropping support for MSVC. I get my news from the blog https://v8.dev/blog/ Ben
On Monday, 18 November 2019 19:33:00 UTC+8, Jakob Kummerow wrote: > > If I manage to get this build working, would it be >> possible/practical/desirable to add this configuration to the CI build >> system long term? Dan did mention it's "not officially supported". > > > Technically it's certainly possible. We used to have MSVC bots back when > that toolchain was officially supported. > Realistically I assume it's unlikely that we would re-introduce such bots, > unless there is sufficient demand for that build configuration that the > project as a whole decides that it's worth the resources. (Given that it > was apparently broken for a year without anyone complaining, it seems that > not many people care.) > > We consider the MSVC build "community-supported", so we are grateful that > you are stepping up to provide this support, and we will be happy to accept > (reasonable) patches to get that build working again! :-) > > -- -- v8-dev mailing list v8-dev@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/v8-dev --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "v8-dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to v8-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/v8-dev/4e041bc3-3dc4-4b58-8ac1-e38dc8fa17d9%40googlegroups.com.
