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bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gerald Combs
> Sent: 31 May 2012 19:59
> To: Developer support list for Wireshark
> Subject: [Wireshark-dev] 1.8 branch + release schedule
>
> Hi,
>
> I'd like to branch off 1.8 next Monday (June 4) so that we can start making
> release candidates followed by the official 1.8.0 release:
>
> 1.8.0rc1: June 4
> 1.8.0rc2: June 11 (if needed)
> 1.8.0: June 18
>
> The schedule is a little aggressive. I don't mind postponing the official release
> until after Sharkfest if needed.
>
> I'd also like to make Visual Studio 2010 the default for Windows builds before
> the branch. According to some news sources it will be the last version of VS
> to ship with a C/C++ compiler in the Express edition so we may as well
> standardize on it now.
>
Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows 8 can still compile C/C++, but the limited in some way to producing Metro apps. I guess that it won't ship with the ordinary Windows (non-Metro) headers and libraries. Apparently these (along with the compilers) have also been removed from the Windows 8 SDK so that can't be used as an alternative method. I'll download some stuff this weekend and see what happens when trying to build Wireshark.