Mailing-List: contact qpid-users-help@incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm
Precedence: bulk
Reply-To: qpid-users@incubator.apache.org
Received-SPF: softfail (athena.apache.org: transitioning domain of
 shuston@riverace.com does not designate 76.96.62.40 as permitted sender)
From: "Steve Huston" <shuston@riverace.com>
To: <qpid-users@incubator.apache.org>
Subject: RE: Needs for qpid C++ projects for Windows Visual Studio 2005?
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:59:52 -0500
Message-ID: <9BADBF2932F84DFDBCA23B51E0A107E3@hope>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain;
	charset="us-ascii"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Thread-Index: AclKizP+U3iKmGZUQCysxgdPj6hMhQABkLug
In-Reply-To: <129a14790811191309t5f23fb07s66f7cd57fd20cc8a@mail.gmail.com>
Importance: Normal

Hi Robert,

> 2008/11/18 Steve Huston <shuston@riverace.com>:
> > 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=20
> 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=20
> to use Qpid
> > C++ on Windows?
>=20
> No problem for me; I think this is fine and if anyone wants or needs
> to resurrent project files for earlier versions they can obviously
do
> so (and maintain them).

Right!

> I think that the express edition of VS 2008 is
> free and will build Qpid on Windows?

Yes, it will. I'm told it does so successfully, modulo one open JIRA
building in Release mode.

> On a tangent, I plan on looking more closely at the windows build
> soon. For our release artefacts:
>=20
> 1) do you have anything in mind for production of MSMs and MSIs
Steve?

Not yet. I'm still mulling over what to do.

> I was going to look at creating one with WiX which I have used
> successfully in the past.

Ok, let me know if I can help here.

-Steve