By default, FLAC requires ogg library. Support of old versions of Visual Studio was removed from libogg code about 2 years ago: https://git.xiph.org/?p=ogg.git;a=commit;h=18c401c6bc8814d06f3ae53ebf5d4399f90871cc libogg 1.3.3 (released 2017-11-07) cannot be built with MSVS 2005/2008 anymore. Are there any developers that want to use libFLAC in their programs and still use Visual Studio 2005 or 2008 ? On the other hand, libvorbis 1.3.6 (released 2018-03-16) also needs libogg and still has project files for MSVS 2005/2008 as well as 2010.
I don't like the decision to remove the old VS project files, in my opinion it's better to keep them, marked "not updated anymore". I personnally use VS2013, and the reason I don't want to upgrade is the fact that VS2017 requires online registration to work. I'm pretty sure some users also have valid reasons to keep their old VS. On 2 May 2018 at 14:37, lvqcl <lvqcl.mail at gmail.com> wrote:> By default, FLAC requires ogg library. Support of old versions of > Visual Studio was removed from libogg code about 2 years ago: > https://git.xiph.org/?p=ogg.git;a=commit;h=18c401c6bc8814d06f3ae53ebf5d43 > 99f90871cc > > libogg 1.3.3 (released 2017-11-07) cannot be built with MSVS 2005/2008 > anymore. > > Are there any developers that want to use libFLAC in their programs > and still use Visual Studio 2005 or 2008 ? > > On the other hand, libvorbis 1.3.6 (released 2018-03-16) also needs > libogg and still has project files for MSVS 2005/2008 as well as 2010. > _______________________________________________ > flac-dev mailing list > flac-dev at xiph.org > http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/flac-dev >-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.xiph.org/pipermail/flac-dev/attachments/20180502/6e1f65ac/attachment.html>
On Wed, May 2, 2018 at 5:25 PM, Stéphane Damo <stephane.damo at gmail.com> wrote:> I don't like the decision to remove the old VS project files, in my opinion > it's better to keep them, marked "not updated anymore".But it means that they eventually will become unusable. Besides, files that are "not updated anymore" are always available via git history.> I personnally use VS2013, and the reason I don't want to upgrade is the fact > that VS2017 requires online registration to work. I'm pretty sure some users > also have valid reasons to keep their old VS.So you personally don't need 2005/2008 support. (I don't care much about it myself though. If people prefer to let them bitrot, fine by me. Or maybe somebody really needs them, and will maintain them in working condition).
lvqcl wrote:> Are there any developers that want to use libFLAC in their programs > and still use Visual Studio 2005 or 2008 ?2008 is 10 years ago and the other is older. The don't work now (due to ogg) and they cannot be fixed. These should be removed. Erik -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Erik de Castro Lopo http://www.mega-nerd.com/