[vorbis-dev] win32sdk-1.0.1

[Ralph Giles]

On Thu, Oct 23, 2003 at 11:23:48AM +0100, John Edwards wrote:

> Generally, the converted VC6 project file will produce a VC7 project file
> that carries over the same settings and generates compiles that are
> equivalent.

Equivalent in the sense of linking the VC6 runtimes and not working with 
VC7 applications?

I think we don't need to worry too much about optimization tweaks 
(except for actual binaries we build) but basic compatibility is 
important.

> I would have thought that serious developers are likely to download the
> relevant libs and compile their own binaries rather than rely upon
> pre-compiled binaries from another source, even if it is Xiph!! But,
> shipping binaries of the two flavours you mention shouldn't be too onerous,
> I would have thought.

Never underestimate the laziness of Windows programmers?

More seriously, having an SDK 'just work' if only for a common case is 
important in lowering the barrier to entry. This is why the autotools 
suite is so important in unix-oriented software. It's much more engaging 
to be able to focus on your application at the beginning rather than 
having to muck for a few hours (or days) with someone else's build 
system. Of course later, when you're serious, you'll go back and tweak 
things up for optimum integration.

 -r
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