On Sat, Feb 27, 2021 at 8:31 AM Daniel Shahaf <d...@daniel.shahaf.name>
wrote:
> Alan Fry wrote on Fri, Feb 26, 2021 at 11:19:27 -0500:
> > "Visual Studio". I'm brand new to open source development. And since
> I've
> > lived in a MS world at work, I made the automatic "Windows = Visual
> > Studio". I'd like to ask up-front for any advice. Is the expectation
> for
> > build(s) to be vendor neutral and/or would it be helpful if the build was
> > specific for VS and maybe GNU (assuming there is a windows version)?
>
> Apache projects are required to be vendor-neutral since The ASF is
> a 501(c)3 charity.
>
> That doesn't rule out having a VS-specific build process. Rather, it
> means that if someone shows up with a patch adding a ${competitor_of_VS}
> build process, that patch should be considered on its merits; it can't
> just be waved off with "we're a VS project".
>
Ok, good to know.
Given this information, I'm likely going to do a VS specific build process
first (since it's what I'm most familiar with).
