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On 1/20/2012 1:03 PM, Gregg L. Smith wrote:
> On 1/20/2012 10:40 AM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote:
>> On 1/20/2012 7:01 AM, Jim Jagielski wrote:
>>> I will note, for the record, that despite my request, it does
>>> not look as if anyone has added the Windows issue(s) as either
>>> showstoppers in STATUS or created a BUGZ issue to enable us
>>> to track it. Apologies if this *was* done and I simply missed
>>> it.
>> You simply missed it and apology accepted.
>>
>> I hope to spend time this weekend on the win32 build.  I would
>> like very much to dump .dsp/.dsw prior to your tag.  That means
>> some sort of .mak (simplified from the dsp output, I hope!) and
>> certainly sln/vcproj files that are modestly portable across
>> several more recent visual studio versions.
>>
>> Also expecting 2.3.7 mod_fcgid should be ready to tag by Monday.
>> Would be great if they worked together :)
>>
> Slow down please. -0.5

Well - I'll commit something concrete to trunk and let people debate.

> Which sln/vsproj? VC10?
> I think dsw/dsp should stay. They are compatible with VC6-9, so they cover many version ,
> unlike VC10 that works only with VC10.

Right.  Very foolish.  Need studio 7+ compatible flavors.  Morons.

No fear; I was going to cover all GUI's not EOL'ed yet, at least.

> Granted one could call VC6 & 7 surely dead though I still use VC6 for quick builds on
> occasion cause it compiles quickly (60-80 seconds) and needs no redist.

It makes no sense for the next version major.  But the .mak files will build
under VC6 + SDK, or DDK + SDK + mladen hacks, or whatever.

There's nothing special dsp gives anyone anymore, except the export ability
we will replace.  You will still be able to compile.  Would urge you to look
at mladen's hacks if you want a modern compile plus classic msvcrt.

> I beg you to keep the dsw/dsp and just add in VC10 sln/vcproj. That covers everyone. A
> simple del /s *.sln *.vcp* will remove those VC10 files for those of us not ready to move
> to VC10 (till such time as php moves there).

We only lose the antique GUI.  Nothing more.