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| Summary | 0003598: Change Windows compiler | ||
| Revision | 2019-01-26 08:40 by Zalewa | ||
| Description | The current compiler for Doomseeker for the Windows platform is MSVC with v120_xp toolset. This has started to cause compatibility issues: - Very limited support for C++11 standard and beyond. - No Windows 98 support. As we would like to utilize C++11 and beyond for the greater good we need to change the compiler. However, simply updating the MSVC toolset may not be the best idea. While v140_xp already improves on C++11 support, it also needs to include 41 DLLs in the distribution (see it for yourself). We would either need to include those 41 DLLs with Doomseeker, or require people to install the MSVC redist. I'm unaware if there are any other MSVC toolsets available right now, but I wouldn't be surprised to learn that the trend will get even worse (ie. no 'xp' version at all, or something). The sanest way to go seems to be to return to MinGW. https://mingw-w64.org/ The current version of MinGW is quite modern and should support anything we throw at it - it's Windows port of GCC, after all. While some more investigation is needed, AFAIK it supports Windows XP without having to jump through any special hoops. We might even get Win98 support back. |
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| Revision | 2019-01-26 08:41 by Zalewa | ||
| Description | The current compiler for Doomseeker for the Windows platform is MSVC with v120_xp toolset. This has started to cause compatibility issues: - Very limited support for C++11 standard and beyond. - No Windows 98 support. As we would like to utilize C++11 and beyond for the greater good we need to change the compiler. However, simply updating the MSVC toolset may not be the best idea. While v140_xp already improves on C++11 support, it also needs to include 41 DLLs in the distribution (see it for yourself). We would either need to include those 41 DLLs with Doomseeker, or require people to install the MSVC redist. I'm unaware if there are any other MSVC toolsets available right now, but I wouldn't be surprised to learn that the trend will get even worse (ie. no 'xp' version at all, or something). The sanest way to go seems to be to return to MinGW. [url]https://mingw-w64.org/[/url] The current version of MinGW is quite modern and should support anything we throw at it - it's Windows port of GCC, after all. While some more investigation is needed, AFAIK it supports Windows XP without having to jump through any special hoops. We might even get Win98 support back. |
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| Revision | 2019-01-26 08:41 by Zalewa | ||
| Description | The current compiler for Doomseeker for the Windows platform is MSVC with v120_xp toolset. This has started to cause compatibility issues: - Very limited support for C++11 standard and beyond. - No Windows 98 support. As we would like to utilize C++11 and beyond for the greater good we need to change the compiler. However, simply updating the MSVC toolset may not be the best idea. While v140_xp already improves on C++11 support, it also needs to include 41 DLLs in the distribution (see it for yourself). We would either need to include those 41 DLLs with Doomseeker, or require people to install the MSVC redist. I'm unaware if there are any other MSVC toolsets available right now, but I wouldn't be surprised to learn that the trend will get even worse (ie. no 'xp' version at all, or something). The sanest way to go seems to be to return to MinGW. [url]https://mingw-w64.org/[/url] The current version of MinGW is quite modern and should support anything we throw at it - it's Windows port of GCC, after all. While some more investigation is needed, AFAIK it supports Windows XP without having to jump through any special hoops. We might even get Win98 support back. |
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| Revision | 2019-01-26 08:42 by Zalewa | ||
| Description | The current compiler for Doomseeker for the Windows platform is MSVC with v120_xp toolset. This has started to cause compatibility issues: - Very limited support for C++11 standard and beyond. - No Windows 98 support. As we would like to utilize C++11 and beyond for the greater good we need to change the compiler. However, simply updating the MSVC toolset may not be the best idea. While v140_xp already improves on C++11 support, it also needs to include 41 DLLs in the distribution (see it for yourself). We would either need to include those 41 DLLs with Doomseeker, or require people to install the MSVC redist. I'm unaware if there are any other MSVC toolsets available right now, but I wouldn't be surprised to learn that the trend will get even worse (ie. no 'xp' version at all, or something). The sanest way to go seems to be to return to MinGW. https://mingw-w64.org/ The current version of MinGW is quite modern and should support anything we throw at it - it's Windows port of GCC, after all. While some more investigation is needed, AFAIK it supports Windows XP without having to jump through any special hoops. We might even get Win98 support back. |
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