[LLVMdev] [cfe-dev] win32/llvm.sln, win32/clang.sln

[steve naroff]

On Jan 15, 2009, at 1:19 AM, Nicolas Capens wrote:

> Hi Steve,
>
> The Visual Studio solution and project files are quite handy. CMake  
> creates
> absolute paths instead of relative paths, making it cumbersome to move
> things around. Also, for newcomers (e.g. students) it's really great  
> to be
> able to download the package, open the solution and compile without  
> any
> complication.
>

Understood, however the (unfortunate) reality is the VS solution file  
is not being properly maintained. As a result, any newcomer/developer  
is faced with updating the VS solution file (or not building at all).

Over the past 6 months, I've had to personally fix many problems with  
the solution file. That said, I'm grateful that cmake works and the  
cmake.txt files are being updated/maintained. It does require an extra  
step, however the work is "constant time" (whereas fixing regressions  
without cmake could take an arbitrary amount of time).

Thanks for your response...

snaroff

> They haven't been updated in a while, but it would be nice to have  
> working
> ones in the 2.5 release...

> Cheers,
>
> Nicolas
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: donderdag 15 januari 2009 1:09
> To: llvmdev at cs.uiuc.edu; cfe-dev at cs.uiuc.edu
> Subject: [LLVMdev] win32/llvm.sln, win32/clang.sln
>
> Folks,
>
> Is anyone still using the Visual Studio solution files in the win32
> directory?
>
> If they aren't being maintained, they should probably be removed (to
> avoid any confusion).
>
> Thanks for any feedback,
>
> snaroff
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