Re: Tortoise Development (new developer)

On 15.06.2011 19:36, Aaron Laws wrote:
> Dear Sirs,
>
> I decided this morning that I should try to contribute to this project.
> I'm a developer for a cancer treatment company, and use Tortoise on a
> day-to-day basis quite a bit. I install a new version every couple
> weeks, and that got me thinking about contributing. I registered on
> tigris.org and subscribed to all the e-mail lists (except translators)
> and checked out the trunk. Then I read build.txt. I see that compilation
> requireth VS 2010 which I don't have. I have 2008 pro. Does this knock
> me from the development circle? I don't have 2010 and don't want it
> (I've used it and don't like it). Are there any recommended options for
> those of us still in the stone age of early 2010?
> I will look forward to the opportunity to help!

Unfortunately (for you :) ), VS2010 is required. We're already making
heavy use of the new C++0x features in VS2010 (auto keyword, lambdas, ...).

Not sure why you don't like VS2010 - you can configure it to look
exactly like VS2008 if you like.

Stefan

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