Re: [OSSIM] Ossim v1.6.4 on Windows

[David B. <db...@co...>]

Hi Brent,

Brent Fraser wrote:

>Ossim Developers (Mark, Dave, Garret,...),
>
>  Any comments on the notes below would be appreciated....
>
>  My goal is to be able build the released version (and subsequent releases)
>of Ossim on Windows using VC7 without any source code changes (just minor
>edits to Ossim's nmake.opt file).
>
>I've got two steps (maybe more later?):
>
>    1. Build most? all? of the Ossim commandline applications using VC7
>(preferably nmake).  This has worked out well for GDAL and Mapserver,
>allowing compiling of new versions very quickly.
>
>    2. Build the Ossin GUI apps (likely have to use VC7 IDE?).
>
>
>  Should I file bugs for makefile.vc changes I need to make?
>
I used to always build with nmake.  I quit doing my nmake build after 
Garrett took over with the project files so I'm afraid there probably 
are missing files... 

If you find a missing file you can do a bug report or just let me know 
and I'll put it in. 

>    Should I
>wait for the 1.6.5 release candidate before filing?
>
>  
>
If I were you I would work from cvs...  Not sure when we will be doing 
1.6.5rc.

>Best Regards,
>Brent Fraser
>GeoAnalytic Inc.
>Calgary, Alberta
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Take care,
Dave