Hi Aidan,

> On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 11:29 PM, Steve Huston 
> <shuston@riverace.com> wrote:
> 
> > I've been working on the Windows port of qpid C++ and have been
> > working with Visual Studio 2005 (VC8) project files. The sponsors
of
> > my work, however, are using Visual Studio 2008 (VC9) and 
> I'm planning
> > to replace the current VC8-format project/solution files with
> > VC9-format files before the final M4 release.
> >
> > Does this present a significant hardship to anyone wishing 
> to use Qpid
> > C++ on Windows?
> 
> Would this mean that it's impossible to build Qpid on Windows
without
> the latest VC++?

It would not be possible to build with the earlier version of Visual
Studio 2005 (VC8).

> Is it possible to build for Windows with an
> appropriately setup gcc, make etc?

I suppose it should be - that's orthogonal to the VC8/VC9 issue. I
have not tested on Windows with gcc though.

-Steve