[openmapi.org devel] Build System

[Johannes Roith]

Hello, everyone!

I would like to see the NMapi build script changed from Makefiles to
msbuild/xbuild.

There are three main reasons:

1. People keep asking about how to build NMapi on Windows. Using
xbuild/msbuild removes the unix dependency and also makes it possible to
build from VisualStudio (which has also been requested multiple times).

2. We are using several tools in the build process, including
xslt-generated code, mlog (custom), preproc (custom) and, soon, mapimap.
Using msbuild we can integrate these tools very nicely.

3. It is difficult or impossible to build silverlight or iphone apps
without msbuild.

Mono XBuild (msbuild) seems to be complete enough to be used use it now.

So, if you want to contribute to OpenMapi, this seems like a great
opportunity to get involved!),

Johannes.