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Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] VS 2015 or not

From: Graham Bloice <graham.bloice@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2017 12:50:48 +0000


On 6 January 2017 at 12:42, Paul Offord <Paul.Offord@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi,

 

I have a new PC and I’m adding all the tools I know and love.  I have a bit more Wireshark development to do and so I want to install Visual Studio.  The stated build environment for Wireshark is VS 2013.  Would it be safe for me to use VS 2015 Community Edition for Wireshark development or am I just going to create a lot of problems for myself.

 

Thanks and regards…Paul

 


I think Anders is building with VS2015, but as you noted all official builds are currently done with VS2013 so that's the safe bet.  You can install both side-by-side.

Pro-tip, create a VM using the technology of your choice and use that for Wireshark Dev (and only Wireshark Dev).  This means that when you get a new PC, you just copy over the VM.

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Graham Bloice