I'm pulling the plug on VC14 builds since my VC14 keeps disintegrating. First it would crash building Curl x86, then x86 something else I cannot remember which but I'm done with building curl + the new something on another computer.
Apache 2.4.next is going to be built with VS16.
Those who want to get a head start can install the redistributable/s.
VC_redist x64 (https://aka.ms/vs/16/release/VC_redist.x64.exe)
VC_redist x86 (https://aka.ms/vs/16/release/VC_redist.x86.exe)
I will also start getting VS16 versions of the modules on the download page next week.
Why VS and not VC. Every time the Visual Studio team in Redmond gets a new leader it seems their versioning changes. For instance;
Visual Studio 6 had VisualC++ 6 or VC6 for short.
Visual Studio 2003 had VisualC++ 7. VC7 for short.
Visual Studio 2016 has VisualC++ 14. VC14 for short.
Visual Studio 2017 has VisualC++ 14.1 but internally is Visual Studio 15 (VS15) .
Visual Studio 2019 has VisualC++ 14.2 but internally is VS16.