Re: minutes of ESC call ...

Hi Bjoern,

On 08/12/16 17:13, Bjoern Michaelsen wrote:
> I mean, we could have a tinderbox run "./autogen.sh && make
> vs2013-ide-integration" once a week and make it commit the result Visual Studio
> solutions to the core repo.

        Sure - although my ideal flow for a (Windows) newbie here would be:

        * download 'something'
        * load file in Visual Studio
        * ctrl-shift-b to build ... <wait>
        * click the green triangle to debug ;-)

        Where of course that 'something' would need to be constructed by some
tinderbox / slave, and (ideally) contain everything not easily buildable
with the IDE already pre-built =)

        Personally I'd see this as an entry mode: once people have the
satisfaction of seeing their work 'working' they can graduate to
installing cygwin, and <insert other pain points>. Clearly there would
be nothing authoritative about it etc.

        Since the instdir/ is standalone and distributable & runnable as-is
there should be no need for make_installer-ness of any kind;

        AFAICS - there -should- also be no need for cygwin, LODE, or anything
else in this world ;-) just a single download.

        Anyhow - just a thought ;-) not volunteering to do the testing,
packaging work for that deliverable ...

        ATB,

                Michael.

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