[odb-users] VS2017

[Matthias Ruess]

Thank you very much for the detailled answers - then I will wait until
spring 2018...
Cheers, Matt

On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 8:17 AM, Boris Kolpackov <boris at codesynthesis.com>
wrote:

> Matthias Ruess <mruess at gmail.com> writes:
>
> > I want to update my VS2013 projects to 2017 and have two questions:
> > Should ODB 2.4.0 compile with VS 2017 version 15.5?
>
> Yes, though I would recommend that you use the latest pre-release (we
> use[1] it ourselves with VS 15):
>
> https://codesynthesis.com/~boris/tmp/odb/pre-release/b.3/
>
>
> > Will there be a new version of odb in the next 2 or 3 months or will it
> > take longer?
>
> This is the timeframe (i.e., early next year) we are aiming for but it
> may take longer.
>
>
> > Is the next version of libodb-mysql part of the vcpkg ports like
> > libodb-sqlite?
>
> The vcpkg package of libodb-sqlite was not done by us (in fact, this
> is the first time I am hearing about it) so can't say anything about
> libodb-mysql.
>
> Both will be (in fact, already are[2]) packaged for bpkg. And
> libodb-mysql will be usable with both MySQL and MariaDB client
> libraries (and even on Windows).
>
> [1] https://build2.org/
> [2] https://stage.build2.org/?q=mysql
>
> Boris
>