Re: 1.8 branch + release schedule

[Gerald Combs <gerald () wireshark org>]

It looks like Visual Studio 2012 won't create executables that run on XP
unless you also have Visual Studio 2010 or the Windows 7 SDK installed:
https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/690617 .
Hopefully they will reverse that particular decision as well.


On 6/8/12 11:17 AM, Tyson Key wrote:
> For what it's worth, MS have decided to renege on their "Metro
> development only" plans for the next version of Visual Studio Express,
> if 
> http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/archive/2012/06/08/visual-studio-express-2012-for-windows-desktop.aspx is
> to be believed.
>
> I haven't had chance to investigate the new tools, though.
>
> Tyson.
>
> 2012/6/1 Graham Bloice <graham.bloice () trihedral com
> <mailto:graham.bloice () trihedral com>>
>
>
>
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>     > Subject: [Wireshark-dev] 1.8 branch + release schedule
>     >
>     > Hi,
>     >
>     > I'd like to branch off 1.8 next Monday (June 4) so that we can
>     start making
>     > release candidates followed by the official 1.8.0 release:
>     >
>     > 1.8.0rc1: June 4
>     > 1.8.0rc2: June 11 (if needed)
>     > 1.8.0:    June 18
>     >
>     > The schedule is a little aggressive. I don't mind postponing the
>     official release
>     > until after Sharkfest if needed.
>     >
>     > I'd also like to make Visual Studio 2010 the default for Windows
>     builds before
>     > the branch. According to some news sources it will be the last
>     version of VS
>     > to ship with a C/C++ compiler in the Express edition so we may
>     as well
>     > standardize on it now.
>     >
>
>     Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows 8 can still compile C/C++,
>     but the limited in some way to producing Metro apps.  I guess that
>     it won't ship with the ordinary Windows (non-Metro) headers and
>     libraries.  Apparently these (along with the compilers) have also
>     been removed from the Windows 8 SDK so that can't be used as an
>     alternative method.   I'll download some stuff  this weekend and
>     see what happens when trying to build Wireshark.
>
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