[Nfd-dev] Building NFD on Windows

[Junxiao Shi]

Hi Jeff

20141031 conference call discussed this topic.
Some opinions are:

Docker for Windows is a possibility.
Although it's virtualization based and not native Windows program, it
should be sufficient if it gives reasonable performance.
As long as the socket is accessible, Windows applications can connect to
it, without knowing whether it's virtualized.

Windows Services for UNIX is only available on Windows Server and high-end
Desktop editions.
Cross-compiling with CygWin is more attractive because it can reach larger
user base.
The difficulty of either cross-compiling is expected to be at the same
level of Android cross-compiling, and code changes may be inevitable.

This work should be assigned to a contributor, instead of core NFD
developers, because it's relatively independent.

Yours, Junxiao
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