[IPOL discuss] IPOL on windows

[Pascal Monasse]

Dear all,

I  think this is a good idea, and I can recommend cmake for that. After 
extensive use, I found it to be very reliable and simple.

For code that builds with gcc, there is generally no problem to make it work 
under Windows, except sometimes a few one-line corrections. Notice however 
that code that compiles cleanly in g++ often produces many warnings with 
Visual C++ and vice-versa.

However, for already published code that needs correction, even though minor, 
we have a policy problem: that code cannot be changed, but updates have to be 
added as new versions. To add link to these new versions, we need an 
intervention from the editor.

Best,
Pascal

On Sunday, October 02, 2011 02:25:01 PM Juan Cardelino wrote:
> Dear all,
>               We have two members of our IPOL-LA (IPOL latin america)
> project, which are working IPOL oriented. One is writing a
> publication, while the other is just trying algorithms. The latter is
> using windows, and he is facing some problems with the compilation of
> certain algorithms.
> As we have not decided anything, I guess our idea is still supporting
> the three main platforms right. My guess is that problems with windows
> are just a matter of insufficient testing rather that a decision.
> 
> If that is the case, we will put some work on testing some of the
> algorithms and document the outcome in the wiki. At the moment, one of
> the authors (Alvaro Pardo) has posted some information in his wiki:
> http://die.ucu.edu.uy/users/apardo/wiki/doku.php?id=compiling_ipol_with_vis
> ual_studio_2010. I've made a page in our wiki to migrate and expand this
> information: http://tools.ipol.im/wiki/author/code/ipol_on_windows/
> 
> In addition, in order to provide a more universal access to the code,
> I propose to add optional cmake projects to the code of the
> algorithms, to aid the users in the compilation in different
> platforms. Or at least provide accurate compilation information for
> each platform.
> At the moment of writing, I guess most of the source codes available
> provide a makefile or just the plain C files. So we either provide
> detailed instructions for each platform or we include a way to compile
> it truly multiplatform.
> 
> What do you think? If we like the cmake idea, I can ask the members of
> our project to start writing cmake files for the projects they try.
> If not, what else can we do?
> 
> Best regards,
>                  Juan
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