Compile on Windows

[mykaul]

We should use GH action and make sure this compiles on Windows as well.

[Lorak-mmk]

Our fork of original cpp-driver didn't support Windows afaik so it's not a compatibility issue. Is there a specific reason for this change / client request etc?
Drivers are usually used server-side which is dominated by linux. Is there any other driver apart from python-driver where we test Windows in CI?
I have very bad memories from trying to use windows in CI for C++ projetcs, and in general from trying to maintain Windows compatibility.
While this project is mostly Rust there is still a fair share of C++ code. I fear the moment when we would need to debug and fix some windows-specific issue...

[mykaul]

Customer request. See PRs on the previous CPP driver.

[Lorak-mmk]

Do you know the use case of this customer? Do they use Windows Server for Scylla clients?

[Lorak-mmk]

Scylla itself doesn't support Windows (but that would be a "fun" hackathon project :D ), so it can only be an issue in environment where some servers run Linux and some run Windows Server - I'm curious why that would be the case.

[mykaul]

Scylla itself doesn't support Windows (but that would be a "fun" hackathon project :D ), so it can only be an issue in environment where some servers run Linux and some run Windows Server - I'm curious why that would be the case.

Why won't the client run on Windows?

[mykaul]

See scylladb/cpp-driver#83 for ref from the old driver.

[Lorak-mmk]

Scylla itself doesn't support Windows (but that would be a "fun" hackathon project :D ), so it can only be an issue in environment where some servers run Linux and some run Windows Server - I'm curious why that would be the case.

Why won't the client run on Windows?

You mean the end-application that runs on some untrusted users PC? Because that would require such user to have access to the database.

[mykaul]

Scylla itself doesn't support Windows (but that would be a "fun" hackathon project :D ), so it can only be an issue in environment where some servers run Linux and some run Windows Server - I'm curious why that would be the case.

Why won't the client run on Windows?

You mean the end-application that runs on some untrusted users PC? Because that would require such user to have access to the database.

I have no idea if it's trusted or not. It's not different than a Linux client. It's a different OS, that some people actually use - and may need access to Scylla from it. Probably some Windows Server edition.

[dkropachev]

@muzarski , @wprzytula , can you please check if it worth to target it to 1.0.0 or move it further down the schedule

[wprzytula]

@muzarski , @wprzytula , can you please check if it worth to target it to 1.0.0 or move it further down the schedule

In order to decide if this is worth our time before 1.0.0, we need to understand if there's someone interested in running the driver on Windows, who, and why.