Use msvc2008 to compile binary release by default?

[ZbynekWinkler]

Can the compiler for binary release be switched from msvc2013 to msvc2008? That would make it compatible with stock python 2.7 which would allow installing from pypi using pip. I have only found now while trying to get numpy working, please see https://github.com/jmwright/cadquery-fr ... issues/120

[sgrogan]

Can the compiler for binary release be switched from msvc2013 to msvc2008?

FreeCAD uses C++11 features not supported by MSVC2008. The MSVC2013 Win FreeCAD bundle does include numpy 1.12
We are working on porting the builds to MSVC2015 using miniconda to manage the dependencies. This will align FreeCAD with official PY3.6.
See this thread https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=27514
The FreeCAD packages are hosted here https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/rele ... g/0.18_pre

[ZbynekWinkler]

Cool. Should I go ahead and remove all the references to compiling with msvc 2008 from the wiki?

In the meantime, for other poor souls with the same problem:

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/conda create -n freecad -c cadquery -c conda-forge freecad=0.17 python=3.6 pyparsing

got me a working freecad with python3.6 where I can pip-install stuff from pypi. But please note it took over 30min just shuffling stuff on local drive.

[sgrogan]

Cool. Should I go ahead and remove all the references to compiling with msvc 2008 from the wiki?

At least we could add a deprecation warning. It was very early in the 0.17-dev cycle that we starting using C++11.

We are also in the infancy for the Conda stuff, any contribution to this effort would be greatly appreciated.

[ZbynekWinkler]

I'll see what I can do. For starters, I wish I'd found https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD_Conda much earlier.

[sgrogan]

I'll see what I can do. For starters, I wish I'd found https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD_Conda much earlier.

Thanks! Any help with the docs is greatly appreciated. Conda is new, but I think the future for FreeCAD on WIN.