On 8/31/2016 10:25 AM, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote:
-----Original Message----- From: Patricia Shanahan
[mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2016 12:57 To:
[email protected] Subject: Re: Putting Windows First ( was
RE: null)
[ ... ] [orcmid]
I would like to suggest a way of squeezing out from between the
rock and hard place, and getting more developers:
Separate out the Windows build process. Pick one of the common
IDE's, and create a project file that sets all environment
variables for Windows. Get as close as possible to the step-by-step
build instructions for Windows being:
Check out the source from SVN.
Open the project file in $IDE$.
[orcmid]
I don't think it is necessary to have an IDE commitment.
Everything needed to do a build on Windows can be done with
command-line tools that are part of the Windows SDK. Other externals
needed for builds can be obtained in Windows versions. It is how
Visual Studio works -- it spawns command-line operations.
To me, direct use of command line tools feels like an awkward half-way
step between the punch cards I used when I started programming, and the
IDE's I use for most of my programming now.
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