[Discuss-gnuradio] 3.7.8 Windows Binaries available for testing

[Geof Nieboer]

Hello all,

I've completed a *beta* version of a windows binary installer for GNURadio 3.7.8.

Information about it is available at http://www.gcndevelopment.com/gnuradio as is the download itself of course.

Essentially I compiled every package in the dependency chain from source in 64-bit VS 2015, so it contains everything needed to run.  It also includes UHD/osmocom drivers for UHD, RTLSDR, HackRF, BladeRF, FCD, and AirSpy.  It should run on Win 7+ and has been roughly tested on Win 7 & 10.

IMPORTANT: This is just a beta version; is 64-bit only, and I set all the optimizations for AVX2, so it will NOT run on any CPU prior to Haswell.  Sorry about that, the 'production' version will come with two options, AVX2 or SSE2+.

So I'd sure appreciate feedback as I prep the next version, even if Windows isn't your primary platform.  The install is completely removable and doesn't impact any other Python installations or environment variables (see the website for more details).  It's ~400MB download.  Documentation and notes as to "why" are available on the site.

Cheers,

Geof