[DotGNU]RE: [Pnet-developers] VSProjects directory

[Neil Cawse]

I did - as you probably guessed - and Id really like to have it in -
please!! :)
I have had a lot of requests for the updated visual studio projects and
from people not setting them up properly. I promise to keep them up to
date and handle any of the "out of date issues" or problems people have.
I will also research a more automated way of keeping the two in sync -
and if possible Ill write something. I do know that its damn tricky to
setup the projects properly because you have to get all the references
right and the use advanced options to exclude mscorlib - so I don't
think the tool could be completely automated but it could update the
project with any newly added files.

If I include the visual studio projects, people can easily convert them
to many different formats - for instance to use the free Sharp Develop
and whatever other free tools are available that support the visual
studio projects.

Ive spent 5 hours today getting them to work really well without
touching anything inside the standard environment and making sure that
the projects will build no matter what.

Please please can I add it??

Neil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rhys Weatherley [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 7:45 PM
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: [Pnet-developers] VSProjects directory
> 
> Whoever just added the "pnetlib/VSProjects" directory to CVS, please
own
> up.
> Because it was *not* authorised.  We will not be putting VS project
files
> in
> the main CVS tree because they are unsupportable - they will always be
out
> of
> date.  If someone chooses to distribute VS project files separately,
then
> that is OK with me.  But not in the main tree.
> 
> By adding that directory, you have just made my life very difficult.
VS
> users
> will see that directory, expect that it contains something useful, and
> then
> complain bitterly to me when it does not work.
> 
> Worse, since it is near-impossible to remove a directory from CVS, we
will
> be
> stuck with it forever unless I can get the Savannah admins to manually
> remove
> it from the server.
> 
> Before adding a directory to CVS, it is vital that you consult me
first.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Rhys.
> 
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