Yes, it is one thing to create a project file, which takes 15-30 seconds. It is another thing to get the configuration right.  Fortunately, there are copious notes and highly-readable scripts in the tree which practically say what needs to be done, so I do not anticipate any major hurdles.

I spent a little time in the source tree today. I integrated a few modules into Visual  Studio 2008, an tested calc, by buiding it from within Visual Studio for x86-32 and x86-64. It ran fine, thanks to the author(Mr. Carlo Bramini) who left good notes in his source code. Just for kicks, I also created an ARM-based project that would run on the Raspberry Pi, compiled it from within  VS2008, and ran it inside the emulator that comes with VS2008. That ran fine also. Tomorrow I will ask a colleague to try the following:

1. Pull the repository to his local hard disk from inside Visual Studio.

2. Hit Build.

3. Run calc in an edit- compile-debug loop.

From: ros-dev-bounces@reactos.org [mailto:ros-dev-bounces@reactos.org] On Behalf Of Timo Kreuzer
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 2:18 AM
To: ReactOS Development List
Subject: Re: [ros-dev] Notice Of Intent - Visual Studio Build of ReactOS

Am 02.01.2013 19:04, schrieb J. C. Jones:

It would take 2-3 hours to create VS projects for all user-mode modules.

No offence, but I think you are highly underestimating the magnitude of our codebase. We are talking about several hundred modules. And you probably also overestimate the pace at which you can create project files. I did that myself for a much smaller project, so I know what I'm talking about.
But maybe I'm wrong and they call you "The Machine" :D

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