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.