Compile instructions for Windows

[jorgk3]

Hi all,

recently I started on the project and looked through the compiling instructions here:
http://musescore.org/en/developers-handbook/compile-instructions-windows-mingw-svn-trunk

They state that one should make target "release" and later, if required, "install".

In the makefile there are three targets: "debug", "release" and "install".

"debug" and "release" only differ in a flag:

release:
-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RELEASE

install:
-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=DEBUG

The instructions for making in the Qt IDE say to use:
-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=DEBUG

So my questions are:
1) was is the difference between "release" and "debug"?
2) should the manual instructions not say to make "debug" like when using the Qt IDE?

I'm happy to update the page once I receive a conclusive answer.

Jörg.

[jorgk3]

I researched it a little myself and changed the instructions accordingly:
http://musescore.org/en/developers-handbook/compile-instructions-windows-mingw-svn-trunk

Seems that for debugging purposes the "debug" target is the one to use.