Re: 1.8 branch + release schedule

[Tyson Key <tyson.key () gmail com>]

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>

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: wireshark-dev-bounces () wireshark org [mailto:wireshark-dev-
> > bounces () wireshark org] On Behalf Of Gerald Combs
> > Sent: 31 May 2012 19:59
> > To: Developer support list for Wireshark
> > 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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