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List:       subversion-dev
Subject:    Re: Windows Build
From:       Alan Fry <ttlx0100 () gmail ! com>
Date:       2021-03-08 22:05:06
Message-ID: CA+R-OinoLJax8CGL=QFq9a7JABMzpckzG1t=+fG66j7eXHQLDg () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Sat, Feb 27, 2021 at 8:31 AM Daniel Shahaf <d.s@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).

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<div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" \
class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Feb 27, 2021 at 8:31 AM Daniel Shahaf &lt;<a \
href="mailto:d.s@daniel.shahaf.name">d.s@daniel.shahaf.name</a>&gt; \
wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px \
0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Alan Fry wrote on Fri, \
Feb 26, 2021 at 11:19:27 -0500:<br> &gt; &quot;Visual Studio&quot;.   I&#39;m brand \
new to open source development.   And since I&#39;ve<br> &gt; lived in a MS world at \
work, I made the automatic &quot;Windows = Visual<br> &gt; Studio&quot;.   I&#39;d \
like to ask up-front for any advice.   Is the expectation for<br> &gt; build(s) to be \
vendor neutral and/or would it be helpful if the build was<br> &gt; specific for VS \
and maybe GNU (assuming there is a windows version)?<br> <br>
Apache projects are required to be vendor-neutral since The ASF is<br>
a 501(c)3 charity.<br>
<br>
That doesn&#39;t rule out having a VS-specific build process.   Rather, it<br>
means that if someone shows up with a patch adding a ${competitor_of_VS}<br>
build process, that patch should be considered on its merits; it can&#39;t<br>
just be waved off with &quot;we&#39;re a VS \
project&quot;.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Ok, good to \
know.</div><div><br></div><div>Given this information, I&#39;m likely going to do a \
VS specific build process first (since it&#39;s what I&#39;m most familiar with).  \
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