Re: [INTERNALS-WIN] RE: Compilers, SDK support roadmap

hi Garrett, On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 1:03 AM, Garrett Serack <garretts@microsoft.com> wrote: > Ok, I just got off a two and a half hour phone call with Bill Rowe from > the Apache Foundation, and we've come to the conclusion that VC9 is the > path going forward. Thanks for clearing this point! We can now take better decisions without having to reconsider them right before the final 5.3 release ;) > The next official build of Apache HTTPD (which will be HTTPD 2.2.10) and > the Apache Portable Runtime (APR 1.3.3) will be compiled both with VC9 > and VC6. When this is done, they will post binary builds of both x64 and > x86 builds of HTTPD. The build scripts will continue to support vc6 thru > 9, but binary releases will be done only in VC6 and VC9. > > Summer schedules being what they are, he anticipates those being built > by mid to late August. I think it is then better to move directly to VC6+VC9 too for 5.3 and use only VC9 in any future releases (5.4 or 6.x). Any objection? > We talked in depth about build scripts too, they have run into a lot of > issues with theirs, specifically the un-maintain-ability of VC6,7,8,9 > build scripts that can be used from the command line and Visual Studio. > > I spoke about CMake for a bit, and we're going to investigate that as a > better solution across the different platforms for Apache as well. That's a great news too, CMake really rocks and is portable, no more special scripts for windows and unices. I'm sure Bill from Cmake will be happy to support them in a migration effort, Alejandro as well. > He also mentioned that for them, the 2.4 build of Apache would be an > appropriate time to eliminate VC6 completely. He didn't know the timeline > for 2.4 yet. It is a sane choice. Cheers, -- Pierre http://blog.thepimp.net | http://www.libgd.org