I can maintain project files for visual studio 2008. I am already doing so internally. Where should I check them in?
On Feb 18, 2014, at 8:23 AM, Thorsten Schöning <tschoen...@am-soft.de> wrote: > Hi all, > > in the thread "Freezing trunk?" we encountered a new topic and I would > like to summarize the discussion in this new thread. This has been > said so far: > >>>> (a) makes visual studio 6 projects, which cannot be used by Visual >>>> studio versions above 2008; so you have to convert them with a VS2008 >>>> before being able to build with 2010, 2012 or later. >>> >>> Isn't that an argument to remove the creation of projects by cpptasks? >>> I have the feeling this would make the build script more maintainable >>> and we would be less dependent on cpptasks, which isn't supported >>> anymore anyways. >> >> +1 > > Additionally I would like to mention that we could create something > like a projects folder in the repo where the currently available > project files for different IDEs could be stored, pretty much those > files which are created for a release now or contributed by others. > This way we wouldn't lose those files and can provide a benefit for > those users and platforms, where our build tools are currently not > working. Users like me. ;-) I found it to be very helpful to have some > project files which I could use as examples for creating our owns. > > We wouldn't even need to support those files, either they are used and > people provide patches or users like me would maintain what they use or > the files are only examples which needs to get updated anytime by > anyone. We can make this clear in the docs. > > The benefit would be that we can reduce the dependance of cpptasks a > bit, make the build maybe more maintainable and e.g. I would stop > trying to get build.xml work around limitations of cpptasks for my IDE > and try to provide and use my project files. Less workarounds are > always better. > > Mit freundlichen Grüßen, > > Thorsten Schöning > > -- > Thorsten Schöning E-Mail:thorsten.schoen...@am-soft.de > AM-SoFT IT-Systeme http://www.AM-SoFT.de/ > > Telefon...........05151- 9468- 55 > Fax...............05151- 9468- 88 > Mobil..............0178-8 9468- 04 > > AM-SoFT GmbH IT-Systeme, Brandenburger Str. 7c, 31789 Hameln > AG Hannover HRB 207 694 - Geschäftsführer: Andreas Muchow > Joseph Southwell jos...@southwell.org The past is history, The future's a mystery, The present's a gift.
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