From 66a7a7dcefa1933effebd3ca7b72c2ee65972ff8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rex-schilasky <49162693+rex-schilasky@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2025 15:49:00 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/7] windows build doc fixed

---
 doc/rst/development/building_ecal_from_source.rst | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/rst/development/building_ecal_from_source.rst b/doc/rst/development/building_ecal_from_source.rst
index acaeebd58a..5a21b0c663 100644
--- a/doc/rst/development/building_ecal_from_source.rst
+++ b/doc/rst/development/building_ecal_from_source.rst
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ First check out the eCAL repository and all of the submodules:
    rem Replace with your Qt installation path:
    set "CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=C:/Qt/5.15.2/msvc2019_64"
 
-   cmake ../.. -A x64 -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=_install -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF
+   cmake ../.. -A x64 -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=_install -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF -DCMAKE_PROJECT_TOP_LEVEL_INCLUDES=cmake/submodule_dependencies.cmake
    cmake --build . --parallel --config Release
 
 This will create a :file:`_build\\complete\\` directory in your eCAL root folder and build eCAL there.

From 9e0ab1db71cf34dac30d832542b51b9c35cb802a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rex-schilasky <49162693+rex-schilasky@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 10:19:49 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/7] 
 CMAKE_PROJECT_TOP_LEVEL_INCLUDES=cmake/submodule_dependencies.cmake add for
 unix build too

---
 doc/rst/development/building_ecal_from_source.rst | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/rst/development/building_ecal_from_source.rst b/doc/rst/development/building_ecal_from_source.rst
index 5a21b0c663..5199c5c23a 100644
--- a/doc/rst/development/building_ecal_from_source.rst
+++ b/doc/rst/development/building_ecal_from_source.rst
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ First check out the eCAL repository and all of the submodules:
    rem Replace with your Qt installation path:
    set "CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=C:/Qt/5.15.2/msvc2019_64"
 
-   cmake ../.. -A x64 -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=_install -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF -DCMAKE_PROJECT_TOP_LEVEL_INCLUDES=cmake/submodule_dependencies.cmake
+   cmake ../.. -A x64 -DCMAKE_PROJECT_TOP_LEVEL_INCLUDES=cmake/submodule_dependencies.cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=_install -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF
    cmake --build . --parallel --config Release
 
 This will create a :file:`_build\\complete\\` directory in your eCAL root folder and build eCAL there.
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ We support building on currently supported Ubuntu LTS releases.
 
       mkdir _build
       cd _build
-      cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_PROTOBUF=OFF -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_CURL=OFF -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_HDF5=OFF -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_QWT=OFF
+      cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_PROJECT_TOP_LEVEL_INCLUDES=cmake/submodule_dependencies.cmake -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_PROTOBUF=OFF -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_CURL=OFF -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_HDF5=OFF -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_QWT=OFF
       make -j4
 
 #. Create a debian package and install it:

From 561a49733cdeb3057a79191b89ade3032caf79eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rex-schilasky <49162693+rex-schilasky@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 10:20:57 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 3/7] remove CMake flags ECAL_INCLUDE_PY_SAMPLES remove CMake
 logging for ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_ASIO, ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_FTXUI,
 ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_SPDLOG, ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_TCLAP,
 ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_TERMCOLOR, ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_YAML-CPP

---
 .github/workflows/build-macos.yml          | 2 --
 .github/workflows/build-ubuntu.yml         | 2 --
 .github/workflows/build-windows.yml        | 4 ----
 .github/workflows/clang-tidy-review.yml    | 2 --
 .github/workflows/documentation.yml        | 2 --
 CMakeLists.txt                             | 8 --------
 build_win/win_make_cmake.bat               | 4 ----
 doc/rst/development/ecal_cmake_options.rst | 2 --
 8 files changed, 26 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-macos.yml b/.github/workflows/build-macos.yml
index 1ecddf3b57..de9f641135 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-macos.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-macos.yml
@@ -58,9 +58,7 @@ jobs:
         -DBUILD_PY_BINDING=ON \
         -DBUILD_CSHARP_BINDING=OFF \
         -DBUILD_ECAL_TESTS=ON \
-        -DECAL_INCLUDE_PY_SAMPLES=OFF \
         -DECAL_INSTALL_SAMPLE_SOURCES=ON \
-        -DECAL_JOIN_MULTICAST_TWICE=OFF \
         -DECAL_NPCAP_SUPPORT=OFF \
         -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_CMAKE_FUNCTIONS=ON \
         -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_PROTOBUF=OFF \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-ubuntu.yml b/.github/workflows/build-ubuntu.yml
index 2c80e23844..29c61a580d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-ubuntu.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-ubuntu.yml
@@ -117,9 +117,7 @@ jobs:
         -DBUILD_STANDALONE_PY_WHEEL=OFF \
         -DBUILD_CSHARP_BINDING=OFF \
         -DBUILD_ECAL_TESTS=ON \
-        -DECAL_INCLUDE_PY_SAMPLES=OFF \
         -DECAL_INSTALL_SAMPLE_SOURCES=ON \
-        -DECAL_JOIN_MULTICAST_TWICE=OFF \
         -DECAL_NPCAP_SUPPORT=OFF \
         -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_CMAKE_FUNCTIONS=ON \
         -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_PROTOBUF=OFF \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-windows.yml b/.github/workflows/build-windows.yml
index 55490c554e..59a69157e3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-windows.yml
@@ -75,9 +75,7 @@ jobs:
         -DBUILD_PY_BINDING=OFF ^
         -DBUILD_CSHARP_BINDING=OFF ^
         -DBUILD_ECAL_TESTS=OFF ^
-        -DECAL_INCLUDE_PY_SAMPLES=OFF ^
         -DECAL_INSTALL_SAMPLE_SOURCES=OFF ^
-        -DECAL_JOIN_MULTICAST_TWICE=OFF ^
         -DECAL_NPCAP_SUPPORT=ON ^
         -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_CMAKE_FUNCTIONS=ON ^
         -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_PROTOBUF=ON ^
@@ -115,9 +113,7 @@ jobs:
         -DBUILD_PY_BINDING=OFF ^
         -DBUILD_CSHARP_BINDING=ON ^
         -DBUILD_ECAL_TESTS=ON ^
-        -DECAL_INCLUDE_PY_SAMPLES=OFF ^
         -DECAL_INSTALL_SAMPLE_SOURCES=ON ^
-        -DECAL_JOIN_MULTICAST_TWICE=OFF ^
         -DECAL_NPCAP_SUPPORT=ON ^
         -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_CMAKE_FUNCTIONS=ON ^
         -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_PROTOBUF=ON ^
diff --git a/.github/workflows/clang-tidy-review.yml b/.github/workflows/clang-tidy-review.yml
index 36699b3c09..0ee377b1bb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/clang-tidy-review.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/clang-tidy-review.yml
@@ -53,9 +53,7 @@ jobs:
                     -DBUILD_STANDALONE_PY_WHEEL=OFF \
                     -DBUILD_CSHARP_BINDING=OFF \
                     -DBUILD_ECAL_TESTS=OFF \
-                    -DECAL_INCLUDE_PY_SAMPLES=OFF \
                     -DECAL_INSTALL_SAMPLE_SOURCES=ON \
-                    -DECAL_JOIN_MULTICAST_TWICE=OFF \
                     -DECAL_NPCAP_SUPPORT=OFF \
                     -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_CMAKE_FUNCTIONS=ON \
                     -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_PROTOBUF=OFF \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/documentation.yml b/.github/workflows/documentation.yml
index a23e4ba66f..4994ad946f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/documentation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/documentation.yml
@@ -85,9 +85,7 @@ jobs:
         -DBUILD_PY_BINDING=ON \
         -DBUILD_CSHARP_BINDING=OFF \
         -DBUILD_ECAL_TESTS=OFF \
-        -DECAL_INCLUDE_PY_SAMPLES=OFF \
         -DECAL_INSTALL_SAMPLE_SOURCES=OFF \
-        -DECAL_JOIN_MULTICAST_TWICE=OFF \
         -DECAL_NPCAP_SUPPORT=OFF \
         -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_CMAKE_FUNCTIONS=ON \
         -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_PROTOBUF=OFF \
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f09b8fa7f3..a0b921596d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ option(BUILD_PY_BINDING                        "Build eCAL python binding"
 option(BUILD_CSHARP_BINDING                    "Build eCAL C# binding"                                            OFF)
 option(BUILD_ECAL_TESTS                        "Build the eCAL google tests"                                      OFF)
 
-option(ECAL_INCLUDE_PY_SAMPLES                 "Include python language sample projects into CMake"               OFF)
 option(ECAL_INSTALL_SAMPLE_SOURCES             "Install the sources of eCAL samples"                               ON)
 
 option(ECAL_NPCAP_SUPPORT                      "Enable the eCAL Npcap Receiver (i.e. the Win10 performance fix)"  OFF)
@@ -524,26 +523,19 @@ message(STATUS "BUILD_TIME                                     : ${BUILD_TIME}")
 message(STATUS "BUILD_PY_BINDING                               : ${BUILD_PY_BINDING}")
 message(STATUS "BUILD_CSHARP_BINDING                           : ${BUILD_CSHARP_BINDING}")
 message(STATUS "BUILD_ECAL_TESTS                               : ${BUILD_ECAL_TESTS}")
-message(STATUS "ECAL_INCLUDE_PY_SAMPLES                        : ${ECAL_INCLUDE_PY_SAMPLES}")
 message(STATUS "ECAL_INSTALL_SAMPLE_SOURCES                    : ${ECAL_INSTALL_SAMPLE_SOURCES}")
 message(STATUS "ECAL_NPCAP_SUPPORT                             : ${ECAL_NPCAP_SUPPORT}")
-message(STATUS "ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_ASIO                     : ${ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_ASIO}")
 message(STATUS "ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_CMAKE_FUNCTIONS          : ${ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_CMAKE_FUNCTIONS}")
 message(STATUS "ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_CURL                     : ${ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_CURL}")
 message(STATUS "ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_FINEFTP                  : ${ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_FINEFTP}")
-message(STATUS "ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_FTXUI                    : ${ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_FTXUI}")
 message(STATUS "ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_GTEST                    : ${ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_GTEST}")
 message(STATUS "ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_HDF5                     : ${ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_HDF5}")
 message(STATUS "ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_PROTOBUF                 : ${ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_PROTOBUF}")
 message(STATUS "ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_QWT                      : ${ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_QWT}")
 message(STATUS "ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_RECYCLE                  : ${ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_RECYCLE}")
-message(STATUS "ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_SPDLOG                   : ${ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_SPDLOG}")
-message(STATUS "ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_TCLAP                    : ${ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_TCLAP}")
 message(STATUS "ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_TCP_PUBSUB               : ${ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_TCP_PUBSUB}")
-message(STATUS "ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_TERMCOLOR                : ${ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_TERMCOLOR}")
 message(STATUS "ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_TINYXML2                 : ${ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_TINYXML2}")
 message(STATUS "ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_UDPCAP                   : ${ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_UDPCAP}")
-message(STATUS "ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_YAML-CPP                 : ${ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_YAML-CPP}")
 message(STATUS "ECAL_LINK_HDF5_SHARED                          : ${ECAL_LINK_HDF5_SHARED}")
 message(STATUS "CPACK_PACK_WITH_INNOSETUP                      : ${CPACK_PACK_WITH_INNOSETUP}")
 message(STATUS "--------------------------------------------------------------------------------")
diff --git a/build_win/win_make_cmake.bat b/build_win/win_make_cmake.bat
index d3d7c9d121..bf6cf24618 100644
--- a/build_win/win_make_cmake.bat
+++ b/build_win/win_make_cmake.bat
@@ -18,12 +18,10 @@ set CMAKE_OPTIONS_COMPLETE=-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=_install ^
 -DBUILD_PY_BINDING=ON ^
 -DBUILD_CSHARP_BINDING=ON ^
 -DBUILD_ECAL_TESTS=ON ^
--DECAL_INCLUDE_PY_SAMPLES=OFF ^
 -DECAL_INSTALL_SAMPLE_SOURCES=ON ^
 -DECAL_NPCAP_SUPPORT=ON ^
 -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_CMAKE_FUNCTIONS=ON ^
 -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_PROTOBUF=ON ^
--DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_SPDLOG=ON ^
 -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_TINYXML2=ON ^
 -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_FINEFTP=ON ^
 -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_CURL=ON ^
@@ -51,12 +49,10 @@ set CMAKE_OPTIONS_SDK=-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=_install ^
 -DBUILD_PY_BINDING=OFF ^
 -DBUILD_CSHARP_BINDING=OFF ^
 -DBUILD_ECAL_TESTS=OFF ^
--DECAL_INCLUDE_PY_SAMPLES=OFF ^
 -DECAL_INSTALL_SAMPLE_SOURCES=OFF ^
 -DECAL_NPCAP_SUPPORT=ON ^
 -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_CMAKE_FUNCTIONS=ON ^
 -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_PROTOBUF=ON ^
--DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_SPDLOG=ON ^
 -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_TINYXML2=ON ^
 -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_FINEFTP=OFF ^
 -DECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_CURL=OFF ^
diff --git a/doc/rst/development/ecal_cmake_options.rst b/doc/rst/development/ecal_cmake_options.rst
index a477f26f2f..cadb5fa213 100644
--- a/doc/rst/development/ecal_cmake_options.rst
+++ b/doc/rst/development/ecal_cmake_options.rst
@@ -49,8 +49,6 @@ All options can be passed on the command line cmake ``-D<option>=<value>`` or in
 +-------------------------------------------+---------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
 | ``BUILD_ECAL_TESTS``                      | ``OFF`` | Build the eCAL google tests                                     |
 +-------------------------------------------+---------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
-| ``ECAL_INCLUDE_PY_SAMPLES``               | ``OFF`` | Include python language sample projects into CMake              |
-+-------------------------------------------+---------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
 | ``ECAL_INSTALL_SAMPLE_SOURCES``           | ``ON``  | Install the sources of eCAL samples                             |
 +-------------------------------------------+---------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
 | ``ECAL_NPCAP_SUPPORT``                    | ``OFF`` | Enable the eCAL Npcap Receiver (i.e. the Win10 performance fix) |

From c382c04c296f37f7fa213baeda19f76514aa1549 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rex-schilasky <49162693+rex-schilasky@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 10:22:01 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 4/7] adapted sample.pyproj.in to load python projects without
 warnings and build using windows cmake batch

---
 lang/python/sample.pyproj.in | 21 ++-------------------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lang/python/sample.pyproj.in b/lang/python/sample.pyproj.in
index 0f3df928f0..439cbe0f85 100644
--- a/lang/python/sample.pyproj.in
+++ b/lang/python/sample.pyproj.in
@@ -16,10 +16,6 @@
     <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
     <EnableUnmanagedDebugging>false</EnableUnmanagedDebugging>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'RelWithDebInfo' ">
-    <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
-    <EnableUnmanagedDebugging>false</EnableUnmanagedDebugging>
-  </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Release' ">
     <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
     <EnableUnmanagedDebugging>false</EnableUnmanagedDebugging>
@@ -27,22 +23,9 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="@ECAL_PYPROJ_FILE@" />
   </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <Interpreter Include="@ECAL_PYPROJ_PYTHON_ROOT@">
-      <Id>debugging-env</Id>
-      <Version>0.0</Version>
-      <Description>eCAL Debugging Environment (Python @ECAL_PYPROJ_PYTHON_VERSION@ )</Description>
-      <InterpreterPath>@ECAL_PYPROJ_INTERPRETER_RELEASE@</InterpreterPath>
-      <WindowsInterpreterPath>@ECAL_PYPROJ_INTERPRETER_RELEASE@</WindowsInterpreterPath>
-      <PathEnvironmentVariable>PYTHONPATH</PathEnvironmentVariable>
-      <Architecture>X64</Architecture>
-    </Interpreter>
-  </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v$(VisualStudioVersion)\Python Tools\Microsoft.PythonTools.targets" />
-  <!-- Uncomment the CoreCompile target to enable the Build command in
-       Visual Studio and specify your pre- and post-build commands in
-       the BeforeBuild and AfterBuild targets below. -->
-  <!--<Target Name="CoreCompile" />-->
+  <Target Name="CoreCompile">
+  </Target>
   <Target Name="BeforeBuild">
   </Target>
   <Target Name="AfterBuild">

From a89658637f4cd0009ba09381c0fbd30546bbcae1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rex-schilasky <49162693+rex-schilasky@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 10:37:09 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 5/7] CMake flags logging back

---
 CMakeLists.txt | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a0b921596d..f252ea9339 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -525,17 +525,23 @@ message(STATUS "BUILD_CSHARP_BINDING                           : ${BUILD_CSHARP_
 message(STATUS "BUILD_ECAL_TESTS                               : ${BUILD_ECAL_TESTS}")
 message(STATUS "ECAL_INSTALL_SAMPLE_SOURCES                    : ${ECAL_INSTALL_SAMPLE_SOURCES}")
 message(STATUS "ECAL_NPCAP_SUPPORT                             : ${ECAL_NPCAP_SUPPORT}")
+message(STATUS "ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_ASIO                     : ${ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_ASIO}")
 message(STATUS "ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_CMAKE_FUNCTIONS          : ${ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_CMAKE_FUNCTIONS}")
 message(STATUS "ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_CURL                     : ${ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_CURL}")
 message(STATUS "ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_FINEFTP                  : ${ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_FINEFTP}")
+message(STATUS "ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_FTXUI                    : ${ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_FTXUI}")
 message(STATUS "ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_GTEST                    : ${ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_GTEST}")
 message(STATUS "ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_HDF5                     : ${ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_HDF5}")
 message(STATUS "ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_PROTOBUF                 : ${ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_PROTOBUF}")
 message(STATUS "ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_QWT                      : ${ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_QWT}")
 message(STATUS "ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_RECYCLE                  : ${ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_RECYCLE}")
+message(STATUS "ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_SPDLOG                   : ${ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_SPDLOG}")
+message(STATUS "ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_TCLAP                    : ${ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_TCLAP}")
 message(STATUS "ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_TCP_PUBSUB               : ${ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_TCP_PUBSUB}")
+message(STATUS "ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_TERMCOLOR                : ${ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_TERMCOLOR}")
 message(STATUS "ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_TINYXML2                 : ${ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_TINYXML2}")
 message(STATUS "ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_UDPCAP                   : ${ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_UDPCAP}")
+message(STATUS "ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_YAML-CPP                 : ${ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_YAML-CPP}")
 message(STATUS "ECAL_LINK_HDF5_SHARED                          : ${ECAL_LINK_HDF5_SHARED}")
 message(STATUS "CPACK_PACK_WITH_INNOSETUP                      : ${CPACK_PACK_WITH_INNOSETUP}")
 message(STATUS "--------------------------------------------------------------------------------")

From 2d3a33b9bc5e783d91f02fcc187a9aa4136c4932 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rex-schilasky <49162693+rex-schilasky@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 10:37:43 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 6/7] sample.pyproj.in reverted (except CoreCompile item)

---
 lang/python/sample.pyproj.in | 15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lang/python/sample.pyproj.in b/lang/python/sample.pyproj.in
index 439cbe0f85..9b0f78406f 100644
--- a/lang/python/sample.pyproj.in
+++ b/lang/python/sample.pyproj.in
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
     <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
     <EnableUnmanagedDebugging>false</EnableUnmanagedDebugging>
   </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'RelWithDebInfo' ">
+    <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
+    <EnableUnmanagedDebugging>false</EnableUnmanagedDebugging>
+  </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Release' ">
     <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
     <EnableUnmanagedDebugging>false</EnableUnmanagedDebugging>
@@ -23,6 +27,17 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="@ECAL_PYPROJ_FILE@" />
   </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Interpreter Include="@ECAL_PYPROJ_PYTHON_ROOT@">
+      <Id>debugging-env</Id>
+      <Version>0.0</Version>
+      <Description>eCAL Debugging Environment (Python @ECAL_PYPROJ_PYTHON_VERSION@ )</Description>
+      <InterpreterPath>@ECAL_PYPROJ_INTERPRETER_RELEASE@</InterpreterPath>
+      <WindowsInterpreterPath>@ECAL_PYPROJ_INTERPRETER_RELEASE@</WindowsInterpreterPath>
+      <PathEnvironmentVariable>PYTHONPATH</PathEnvironmentVariable>
+      <Architecture>X64</Architecture>
+    </Interpreter>
+  </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v$(VisualStudioVersion)\Python Tools\Microsoft.PythonTools.targets" />
   <Target Name="CoreCompile">
   </Target>

From c672b93e577b1284fa99f2d7532a04444e94625b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rex-schilasky <49162693+rex-schilasky@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 11:17:53 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 7/7] python template project sample.pyproj.in reverted to
 original version CMake option ECAL_PYTHON_BUILD_SAMPLES decoupled from
 BUILD_SAMPLES and defaulted to OFF

---
 CMakeLists.txt                      | 2 +-
 build_win/win_make_cmake.bat        | 2 +-
 build_win/win_make_python_wheel.bat | 2 +-
 lang/python/CMakeLists.txt          | 2 +-
 lang/python/sample.pyproj.in        | 6 ++++--
 5 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f252ea9339..af2f2a8fe9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ set(ECAL_CORE_TRANSPORT_SHM
 # -----------------------
 # eCAL Python configuration
 # -----------------------
-set(ECAL_PYTHON_BUILD_SAMPLES                                                                        ${BUILD_SAMPLES})
+#set(ECAL_PYTHON_BUILD_SAMPLES                                                                        ${BUILD_SAMPLES})
 set(ECAL_PYTHON_BUILD_TESTS                                                                       ${BUILD_ECAL_TESTS})
 set(ECAL_PYTHON_HAS_HDF5                                                                                  ${HAS_HDF5})
 
diff --git a/build_win/win_make_cmake.bat b/build_win/win_make_cmake.bat
index bf6cf24618..353d3cc02c 100644
--- a/build_win/win_make_cmake.bat
+++ b/build_win/win_make_cmake.bat
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ set CMAKE_OPTIONS_COMPLETE=-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=_install ^
 -DBUILD_APPS=ON ^
 -DBUILD_SAMPLES=ON ^
 -DBUILD_TIME=ON ^
--DBUILD_PY_BINDING=ON ^
+-DBUILD_PY_BINDING=OFF ^
 -DBUILD_CSHARP_BINDING=ON ^
 -DBUILD_ECAL_TESTS=ON ^
 -DECAL_INSTALL_SAMPLE_SOURCES=ON ^
diff --git a/build_win/win_make_python_wheel.bat b/build_win/win_make_python_wheel.bat
index 743abf3985..13655dfc7c 100644
--- a/build_win/win_make_python_wheel.bat
+++ b/build_win/win_make_python_wheel.bat
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ call build_win\win_set_vars.bat
 
 cd /d %BUILD_DIR_COMPLETE%
 
-cmake --build . --target create_python_wheel --config Release
+python -m build
 
 popd
diff --git a/lang/python/CMakeLists.txt b/lang/python/CMakeLists.txt
index 9e0179de99..58071e5b9d 100644
--- a/lang/python/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lang/python/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.18...3.26)
 project(ecal_python)
 find_package(Python REQUIRED COMPONENTS Development.Module Interpreter)
 
-option(ECAL_PYTHON_BUILD_SAMPLES "Includes the python samples"                  ON)
+option(ECAL_PYTHON_BUILD_SAMPLES "Includes the python samples"                  OFF)
 option(ECAL_PYTHON_BUILD_TESTS   "Includes the python tests"                    ON)
 option(ECAL_PYTHON_HAS_HDF5      "Enables eCAL application cmd line interfaces" ON)
 
diff --git a/lang/python/sample.pyproj.in b/lang/python/sample.pyproj.in
index 9b0f78406f..0f3df928f0 100644
--- a/lang/python/sample.pyproj.in
+++ b/lang/python/sample.pyproj.in
@@ -39,8 +39,10 @@
     </Interpreter>
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v$(VisualStudioVersion)\Python Tools\Microsoft.PythonTools.targets" />
-  <Target Name="CoreCompile">
-  </Target>
+  <!-- Uncomment the CoreCompile target to enable the Build command in
+       Visual Studio and specify your pre- and post-build commands in
+       the BeforeBuild and AfterBuild targets below. -->
+  <!--<Target Name="CoreCompile" />-->
   <Target Name="BeforeBuild">
   </Target>
   <Target Name="AfterBuild">