Re: Patches to enable MSVC compilation

[Jaroslav Hajek]

On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 8:34 AM, John W. Eaton <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 10-Dec-2009, Jaroslav Hajek wrote:
>
> | Right now the only patch is one that fixes a blatant bug in Intel C++
> | 10 regarding wrong log2 outputs. That's not really related to Octave
> | much, I think.
>
> No, but if you need a patch to fix the problem on that system, then I
> think it should at least be mentioned in a README file somewhere.
>
> | But now that you mention it, I think I could create and maintain a
> | README.Intel file, just like README.MSVC (which is now unmaintained).
> | Is that OK?
>
> Yes.
>
> Also, I know the README.MSVC file is out of date and there have been
> requests to remove it.  But would it be better to update it instead of
> just removing it?

It's not maintained, but I don't think it needs to be removed. Even an
outdated info is better than nothing.
I bet README.Cray wasn't updated for ages either, yet it is still there.

> Shouldn't we at least tell people why there is no
> binary distribution compiled with MSVC now, or where they can go to
> look for information about building with MSVC if we don't include that
> information directly in the README.MSVC file?
>
> jwe
>

I'd say let's leave the README.MSVC file in the source tree. It's got
M. Goffioul's mail inside, so people may contact him for further info.
Also, there is the chance that someone else will update the
information again in the future.

-- 
RNDr. Jaroslav Hajek
computing expert & GNU Octave developer
Aeronautical Research and Test Institute (VZLU)
Prague, Czech Republic
url: www.highegg.matfyz.cz