Hello Francois,
Sometime ago I did make a ROOT distribution compiled with Vc7 and did
upload it on my Web site ( http://root.bnl.gov )
I did this because I met no compilation problem (for 3.03.09 and 3.04)
and all ROOT tests delivered the right results also.
However some of my user who had downloaded and installed that version
complained it did not work properly. They did provide a ROOT macro that
worked well under the same ROOT version compiled with VC6, and it
delivered the meaningless result made with the same ROOT version but
compiled with Vc7.
The reason for that is not clear yet.
By this reason I had to withdraw the version compiled and VC7 and
replaced it with the well-tested Vc6 compiled.
I'd like to mention even though the ROOT itself was compiled with Vc6
one can have compiled his own code with Vc7 with no problem (Let me know
just you find one).
What about 3.05 ROOT version from the ROOT CVS repository that version
can not be compiled with VC. The couple of the pieces from the new ROOT
code need to be "adjusted" by hand. (See Matt's patch).
Therefore I think it is too early to make the ROOT release with Vc7
officially. One should wait the next Studio service pack to see whether
the known compilation problem will be persisting.
My best regards, Valeri
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-roottalk@pcroot.cern.ch
[mailto:owner-roottalk@pcroot.cern.ch]
> On Behalf Of GENTIT Francois-Xavier DAPNIA
> Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 7:00 AM
> To: 'roottalk@pcroot.cern.ch'; 'Langston, Matthew David'
> Subject: [ROOT] Suggestion for official release of Root under Visual
> C++.net
>
> Dear members of the ROOT team,
> I am waiting upon ROOT being distributed for Visual C++.net to
install
> it
> on my PC. I see that it works, seing the message on ROOTTALK by
Matthew D.
> Langston. Do you intend to make a download version of ROOT for Visual
> C++.net?
>
> François-Xavier Gentit
> DAPNIA/SPP CEA Saclay
> http://gentit.home.cern.ch/gentit/
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