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[Alex Budovski <abudovski@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 1:54 AM, Timour Katchaounov <timour@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Kristian, all,
>
> Not being a build/packaging expert, there are two issues here:
> - Making it possible for any developer to build (and develop)
>  MariaDB on Windows with Visual C++. This is perfectly possible
>  with either edition of Visual C++.
> - Creating a binary distribution for direct installation. This is
>  the issue we are discussing.
>
> I spent half an hour searching MS web site for a comparison of
> the versions, and Bo seems right - no differences are claimed
> with respect to the optimizing compiler.

I concur. The compiler is the same one as in standard and professional
editions. In fact, the latest compilers themselves come free with the
platform SDK. Visual Studio can be configured to make use of them.
Last I checked (v6.1 SDK) these compilers are the enterprise versions,
containing static code analysis, if you like bells-and-whistles.

But the compilers than come with the IDE suffice, and I repeat, are
the same as what's in Standard/Professional. See "cl /?".

>
> The major two differences I found in the VC++ 2008 that affect
> us are:
> A) The Express Edition cannot build 64-bit binaries.

This can be made to work. If you download the platform SDK, you can
install the X64 compilers, and configure Visual Studio to use them.

If we need to automate the build, then we can the the SetEnv.cmd
script to set the environment for us (E.g. setenv /x64 /Release) and
use MSBuild (or vcbuild) as before, provided that CMake generates
appropriate x64 configurations for us (which it should with cmake -g
"Visual Studio 9 2008 Win64").

> B) The Express Edition has much fewer tools to create binary
>   packages.

Which tools are you missing? Most if not all are part of the platform SDK.

- Alex