[IronPython] Potentially changing the .NET requirement to build IronPython 2.6

[Bruce Bromberek]

If I understand the issue correctly, the options to build IronPython from
source are

1) Build with VS 2010 Beta and/OR Build with VS 2008 SP1 and .NET 3.5 SP1
2) Build with VS 2008 and .NET 3.5

I vote for option 1

On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 3:44 PM, Dave Fugate <dfugate at microsoft.com> wrote:

>  As it stands today, the .NET 3.5 version of msbuild (or Visual Studio
> 2008) is required to build IronPython 2.6 Beta 2 from sources.  One cannot
> build IronPython.sln from the latest beta of Visual Studio 2010 without
> irreversibly upgrading all C# project files to Visual Studio 2010.  We’re
> hoping to change that…
>
>
>
> .NET 3.5 *Service Pack 1* introduced a new feature which allows one to
> build Visual Studio 2010 C# project files using .NET 3.5 SP1.  All we need
> to do take advantage of this is change the “ToolsVersion” attribute of C#
> project files from “3.5” to “4.0”.  There’s one unfortunate side effect
> we’ve discovered thus far – we can no longer build IronPython.sln with
> anything less than .NET 3.5 *SP1* or Visual Studio 2008 *SP1*.
>
>
>
> We understand it’s a bit late in the IronPython 2.6 release cycle for this
> type of change, but feel it would provide a lot of value to those trying out
> Visual Studio 2010.  The question we have for everyone is does the benefit
> of being able to build IronPython under Visual Studio 2010 Betas outweigh
> the cost of no longer being able to build on .NET 3.5 without Service Pack 1
> installed?  We’d love to hear any feedback you might have as this will
> strongly influence whatever decision we end up taking.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> David Fugate
>
> Microsoft - IronPython
>
> http://knowbody.livejournal.com
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>
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