Re: [ros-dev] rbuild msvc backend

[Zachary Gorden]

@Daniel

You know, this attitude isn't helping.

@Love

To specifically address the points raised, the fact that something is open
source does not automatically elevate it in priority for this project.
Quite a few of us work for companies that make heavy use of Visual Studio
and appreciate all the functionality in it.  The fact that the source code
for CB is available actually doesn't add much favor to it when we evaluate
which tools to support.  Our primary concern is what tools can we use and
what does the job the best.  Of the IDEs we can use, there's quite a few,
ranging from VS to CB to even Eclipse and Netbeans.  The one that would to
the job the best, in our view, is VS, so we will choose it.  If few people
on the team even touch CB or the other IDEs, then there is little motivation
to continue supporting it, especially if that support was broken to begin
with.  You claim there is a strategic reason to provide support for open
source platforms.  In this instance, the project feels that that strategic
reason is not important enough to merit continued effort.  If you feel
strongly enough to try and make it work, then go for it, but the rest of us
aren't terribly bothered by not having access to VS' source code.

Also, our intent is that we also support using the Express editions of
Visual Studio, so getting access to VS should not be that hard unless you
refuse to work on Windows.