I just started using Mixxx 1.8.2, and am quite impressed with the state of it.
It’s simple and to the point, and I feel that the software gets out of the way
and lets me focus on the music. It’s almost like having a pair of Pioneer
CDJ’s and a mixer all in one without the extra stuff I don’t need in Deckadance
or Traktor.
I filed a midi mapping bug (with fix attached) yesterday, but haven’t gone
through setting up a full build environment yet. I have been DJ’ing on and off
since 2002, and am a software developer & tester by trade. I spent years
working on Linux and the *BSD’s, but focus primarily on Windows now. Before I
get started on my own builds, I was curious about the state of the wiki page
and some other background info on the builds.
(http://www.mixxx.org/wiki/doku.php/compiling_on_windows)
First off, why is Visual Studio required? I build many large projects using
make or build.exe, which ship with the Windows SDK itself. I’m planning to
give it a try without Visual Studio, but I’m curious if this has already been
discussed.
Are there any benefits to using Qt Creator over VS build? In general, I have
found that Microsoft’s VC++ compiler generates tighter code than GCC & MinGW.
Is there any reason why the Vista SDK is recommended? The latest shipping SDK
(7.1) will build apps that work all the way back to Windows 2000.
On a related note – what OS & service packs of Windows are supported?
Anyway, if time holds out, I’m hoping I can contribute some developer builds
and bugfixes. I have a dedicated Hyper-V server at home with resources
available, and an MSDN subscription to get access to any OS version I need. I
recently saw the discussion on keeping a build VM available, but there may be
an easier solution. It’s possible to install OpenSSH on Windows using either
Cygwin or Services for Unix. If a few specific developers need regular access
to a Windows build system – OpenSSH may be sufficient.
Cheers,
Patrick
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