Can vcpkg be used to install a later version of magnum?

[eladmaimoni]

Currently vcpkg points to magnum version 2020.06. I would like to use some of the new functionality such as transformations on MeshData.

I tried installing magnum using the --head option but it failed.

vcpkg install magnum --triplet=x64-windows-static-md --head

So is it somehow possible to use a later release? will there be a new release to vcpkg soon?

[mosra]

Latest master of magnum depends on latest master of corrade, meaning you have to install both with --head. Vcpkg itself isn't clever enough to do that on its own, so you have to do that explicitly:

vcpkg install corrade magnum --triplet=x64-windows-static-md --head

And do the same also when you'd eventually want upgrade to a newer Git revision. Or when you install other parts of the project, like plugins, you have to (re)install corrade, magnum and magnum-plugins with --head. (Doc link just for completion. Yes, yes, TL;DR on steroids as you said in #561, I know, sorry, will try to cut down on the content on that page, when I get time.)

Next release will happen eventually, it's tracked in #453.