[IGSTK-Developers] MSVC 6.0 Dashboard

[Julien Jomier]

Completely agree with you Math, we shouldn't spend too much time to 
support old compilers.

Just keep in mind that IGSTK doesn't have a lot of templated classes and 
that I had to change only one line to make it compile (which I guess 
doesn't require too much time ;)).
If we encounter too many problems with this compiler then we should drop 
it. For the moment I don't see any good reason for doing so.

Julien

Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
> Just for those good reasons:
> 
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q243451/
> 
> I believe we should seriously think in how much time we are spending 
> (waisting?) to support such old compiler. Esp. knowing that:
> - You cannot buy it
> - It is fairly easy to use the newer (free) cl compiler (VCTollkit) 
> instead (while keeping your devenv)
> 
> 2 cents also,
> Mathieu
> Ps: I am trying to get ITK-gdcm to compile just because of
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q240871/
> 
> Julien Jomier wrote:
>> Hi Luis,
>>
>> I see your point but I think with a little extra effort we can support 
>> MSVC 6.0 and have a better coverage.
>>
>> This compiler error was a valid one and I am sure people are still 
>> using this old compiler (me for example :)).
>>
>> That said, I completely understand your point but if we have the tool, 
>> just let use it.
>>
>> my two cents,
>>
>> Julien
>>
>> Luis Ibanez wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Julien,
>>>
>>>
>>> We decided a while ago to stop supporting  IGSTK on Visual Studio 6.0.
>>>
>>>
>>> For the future of IGSTK it is more important to make sure that it is
>>> working with Visual Studio 7.0, 7.1, and 2005; as well as the recent
>>> GCC compilers.
>>>
>>>
>>> In any case, Visual Studio can not be bought anymore.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>    Luis
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -------------------
>>> Julien Jomier wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> We really need a MSVC 6.0 compiler on the dashboard machine.
>>>>
>>>> I just tried to compile IGSTK cvs (basically iteration 7) and it 
>>>> won't compile with MSVC 6.0 because CrossProduct() is not defined as 
>>>> itk::CrossProduct() in 
>>>> igstkLandmark3DRegistrationErrorEstimator.cxx. I put the fix in the 
>>>> repository.
>>>>
>>>> I thought Georgetown had one MSVC6 build at some point but it 
>>>> doesn't show up anymore.
>>>> Luis, Andinet, do we have a dashboard machine with MSVC6 available 
>>>> nightly at Kitware?
>>>>
>>>> CADDLab's dashboards are no longer running.
>>>>
>>>> Julien
>>>>
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