Yes, there is strong demand for a 'make' based solution on Windows, but using MSVC as the compiler.
If you would like to give it a go, I know lots of people would be very appreciative. Jason has put in a kind of configure/make type thing for Windows. So it is there already to some extent. Of course for some people, maintaining the visual IDE solutions is absolutely imperative, and Brian has been doing this for the latest version of MSVC for a long time. So that will still be needed. It also makes writing a 'make' based solution about 1000 times easier. Bill. On 19 August 2010 12:20, degski <deg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Cactus, > >> The real problem here is that nobody is willing to put in the effort >> involved in maintaining the Visual Studio 2008 build. > > Maybe that should read ...is that nobody, feeling qualified, is > willing to... I would not mind to chip in, but like it says, do I > think I can deliver? > >> Its essentially the same problem. > >> There is strong demand for a 'make' based MPIR build on Windows but, >> again, nobody has volunteered to develop this. > > Well, yes, but once realized, maintainability will go up a lot and the > move to VS2012 or whatever can be smooth and painless. > > I guess it would require somebody with a good understanding of the > build process required, who could give input to identifying the > difficulties (I mean, put on "paper") in creating this Windows build > process. In the SWI-Prolog build process, the main difficulty is/was > dealing with the different build environments, once defined and > (pre-)configuration automated, it works quite well. > > Like you say, it seems most agree that the project approach is hard to > maintain going forward and that "There is strong demand for a 'make' > based MPIR build on Windows". > > Cheers > > > degski > > -- > Eric Schmidt, the chief executive of Google, has issued a stark > warning over the amount of personal data people leave on the internet > and suggested that many of them will be forced one day to change their > names in order to escape their cyber past. > > The Independent, 18th August 2010 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "mpir-devel" group. > To post to this group, send email to mpir-de...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > mpir-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/mpir-devel?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mpir-devel" group. To post to this group, send email to mpir-de...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to mpir-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mpir-devel?hl=en.
