[IGSTK-Developers] MSVC 6.0 Dashboard

[Mathieu Malaterre]

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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>>
>>
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