In fact, if all you want is an automated build, you don't even need the IDE. Just download the PSDK and use MSBuild to build the CMake-generated solution.
On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 12:41 PM, Alex Budovski <abudov...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 1:54 AM, Timour Katchaounov <tim...@askmonty.org> > wrote: >> Kristian, all, >> >> Not being a build/packaging expert, there are two issues here: >> - Making it possible for any developer to build (and develop) >> MariaDB on Windows with Visual C++. This is perfectly possible >> with either edition of Visual C++. >> - Creating a binary distribution for direct installation. This is >> the issue we are discussing. >> >> I spent half an hour searching MS web site for a comparison of >> the versions, and Bo seems right - no differences are claimed >> with respect to the optimizing compiler. > > I concur. The compiler is the same one as in standard and professional > editions. In fact, the latest compilers themselves come free with the > platform SDK. Visual Studio can be configured to make use of them. > Last I checked (v6.1 SDK) these compilers are the enterprise versions, > containing static code analysis, if you like bells-and-whistles. > > But the compilers than come with the IDE suffice, and I repeat, are > the same as what's in Standard/Professional. See "cl /?". > >> >> The major two differences I found in the VC++ 2008 that affect >> us are: >> A) The Express Edition cannot build 64-bit binaries. > > This can be made to work. If you download the platform SDK, you can > install the X64 compilers, and configure Visual Studio to use them. > > If we need to automate the build, then we can the the SetEnv.cmd > script to set the environment for us (E.g. setenv /x64 /Release) and > use MSBuild (or vcbuild) as before, provided that CMake generates > appropriate x64 configurations for us (which it should with cmake -g > "Visual Studio 9 2008 Win64"). > >> B) The Express Edition has much fewer tools to create binary >> packages. > > Which tools are you missing? Most if not all are part of the platform SDK. > > - Alex > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~maria-developers Post to : maria-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~maria-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
