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Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:16:38 -0800
From: Gregg Smith <gls@gknw.net>
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On 2/13/2012 1:07 AM, Mladen Turk wrote:
> On 02/13/2012 04:55 AM, Gregg Smith wrote:
>> On 2/12/2012 11:30 AM, Mladen Turk wrote:
>>>
>>> Note that I have used VC 6.0 + Server 2003R2 PSDK and
>>> build directly from .dsw/.dsp files.
>>> Also I used pcre sources from old httpd (the cmake build just sucks
>>> and I cannot make that working on windoze).
>>>
>>
>> These are VC9 builds here w/ latest PCRE since VC6 is as good as 
>> dead. There's even been mention to do away with the .dsw/.dsp files 
>> which I am strongly against for reason other than supporting VC6. 
>> This just may have something to do with the newer msvcrt.
>>
>
> We should drop all those .dsp/.sln/.vcproj files and have plain nmake 
> build system.
> I have nmakefiles for apr/apu/iconv/httpd etc.
> Offered that of httpd project couple of years back and it was said:
> Who will maintain this?. We should use scons, bla, bla ...
>
> Well, the question is who maintains the current unusable build 
> environment?
> Currently maintenance is editing ".dsp" files manually, and please if 
> someone can
> explain to me how is that simpler the editing makefiles?
> Not to mention that Makefile.win which does who know what.
>
>
> Regards

Mladen, see
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/httpd-dev/201201.mbox/%3C4F19C95C.8030608@gknw.net%3E

Regards