[sldev] [HELP] VS 2008?

[Kelly Linden]

Internally the big blocker for anything past VS 2003 are the libs for
our extremely out dated current version of Havok.  We don't really want
to require 2 different versions of VS to develop on windows (servers vs
clients), especially with Havok4 so close.  I've heard rumors that at
least some of the Windlight team regularly use VS 2005 already, since
they rarely (if ever) need to work on the server code for their project.

If I were to hazard a guess, a full switch to 2005 will probably happen
sometime relatively soon after Havok4 is completed and released. 
Depending on how long that takes, and how long until the switch actually
happens, 2008 may be a possibility.  I personally am a bit hesitant
about being on the bleeding edge there and would rather wait until the
bugs which will undoubtedly be found by general use are found and fixed.

If you want to help the havok4 testing, jump on the beta grid when it is
back up.  :D

 - Kelly


Joshy Squashy wrote:
> Visual Studio 2008 is out, and Microsoft is actually offering 90 day
> trials for the professional version at
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/products/aa700831.aspx
>
> I was wondering if there was any interest in somebody possibly
> updating the wiki for compiling with the new development environment. 
> I was also wondering if there were any plans for Linden Labs to switch
> to using 2005 or 2008 now that they are two versions behind.
>
> ~Squash Otoro
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