@krzyzanowskim Im sincerely confused. You tell us that @compnerd claims that Swift on Windows is further than on Linux, but you won’t give any kind of backup on your claim on that? Why? 🤔
It’s a subjective observation. swift-inspect is an example - available on Windows but not Linux, the installer story being better for windows, the packaging on windows having redistributables for the runtimes, etc. The behavioral similarities between Windows and macOS also contribute to that feeling - if there’s a size increase impacting one the other is likely also impacted. That is not to say that there are not areas where Linux may be a bit ahead.
@compnerd Are the installation instructions on swift.org up to date? Specifically, is the VS installation still required? I thought I saw it mentioned somewhere it might not be.
@finestructure Yes, the VS installation is still required. That is what provides the headers for ucrt/vcruntime. VS then doubles up as a means for installing the Windows SDK which is available standalone. The toolchain distribution includes everything else (compilers, linkers, debuggers, IDE tools, etc).
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