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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>We had debates about it a long time ago, but none of us were interested in putting in the effort to make it work<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>and those that did put in effort dropped a half done patch and left.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Even though I’m a windows user, I don’t like using MSVC except when I’m forced to <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>so I’m personally not interested in working on CMake just to support MSVC.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>If we go any route, it would be most likely Meson to be in line with PostgreSQL proper which does support MSVC in their Meson tooling.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>But this is my VERY VERY opinionated rehash of history that has passed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Anyone else want to give an alternative view of our CMake past history discussions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Regina<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Will Bowers <wbowers314@gmail.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 16, 2024 8:00 PM<br><b>To:</b> postgis-devel@lists.osgeo.org<br><b>Subject:</b> CMake/MSVC Support<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hello,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I was wondering if PostGIS has any current, past, or planned support for CMake? I have seen some old forks of PostGIS with some CMake project files. I also saw some very old posts talking about building PostGIS with CMake, but I don't see anything up to date on the subject.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>My ultimate goal is to get PostGIS building with MSVC as well.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Let me know if you have any resources for me, or if you are interested in someone getting this working!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Will<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>