I'd like to give some input on this aswel. Has the compatibility been tested between MSVC80 and MSVC80Free binary <-> module compilations?
I'd like to do some testing on that but my hardware doesn't allow for a vm at my dorm at the moment. On 10/16/07, William A. Rowe, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Eric Covener wrote: > > Will the transition to a new MS compiler necessarily be on a major > > release boundary? Or is this really on the table at any given time > > based on the binaries being more or less a convenience? > > > > wrt third-party modules, it seems like we will have to eventually pull > > the trigger and lead (force) the upgrade. > > I envision this being httpd 2.4 - following our interest in maintaining > binary compatibility. A plethora of MSVCRT's out there adds to the > complexity of following the principal for Windows. > > Of course there is the issue of loading third party binaries, and I hope > that ActiveState and others finally catch up, too. > > We won't /break/ VC 6/7 builds, but our defacto binary would likely be VC8 > along the timetable of the next httpd minor or major release. > > FYI the next httpd 2.2.7 should build just fine on VC8 for either x86 or > x64. > With luck it will even compile cleaner on x64 than it does now. Only APR > is really thoroughly 'tested' as being ready for x64, however. > -- ~Jorge
