[ros-dev] rbuild msvc backend

[Love Nystrom]

Zachary Gorden wrote:
> To specifically address the points raised, the fact that something is 
> open source does not automatically elevate it in priority for this 
> project.  Quite a few of us work for companies that make heavy use of 
> Visual Studio and appreciate all the functionality in it.  The fact 
> that the source code for CB is available actually doesn't add much 
> favor to it when we evaluate which tools to support.  Our primary 
> concern is what tools can we use and what does the job the best.  Of 
> the IDEs we can use, there's quite a few, ranging from VS to CB to 
> even Eclipse and Netbeans.  The one that would to the job the best, in 
> our view, is VS, so we will choose it.  If few people on the team even 
> touch CB or the other IDEs, then there is little motivation to 
> continue supporting it, especially if that support was broken to begin 
> with.  You claim there is a strategic reason to provide support for 
> open source platforms.  In this instance, the project feels that that 
> strategic reason is not important enough to merit continued effort.  
> If you feel strongly enough to try and make it work, then go for it, 
> but the rest of us aren't terribly bothered by not having access to 
> VS' source code.
Yes, I quite understand your point, of course. The benefit of being able
to use a single IDE for both daytime work and FOSS efforts is obvious.
I was just a bit concerned we might end up in a situation where we are
*required* to use a commercial product to build our open source project,
or even work conveniently with the source.
But then again, we're talking about the working environment,
not the compiler, so I guess my concern is a bit misplaced .. :-)
>  Also, our intent is that we also support using the Express editions 
> of Visual Studio, so getting access to VS should not be that hard 
> unless you refuse to work on Windows.
It seems like Microsoft no longer offer VS Express for download..
At least I couldn't find it when I went looking.
I'll try to make do with CB.

Best Regards // Love