Since Windows 10 v1703 Microsoft provides parts of the ICU library directly with the operating system.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/intl/international-components-for-unicode--icu-#history-of-changes-to-the-icu-library-in-windows
Problem: Due to lack of stable ABI the library is C only, the C++ part is not exposed.
For us this is not super useful because we still support Windows 7 and 8 but for new developers it could reduce the frustration because the build time of vcpkg could be significantly reduced without ICU.
Since Windows 10 v1703 Microsoft provides parts of the ICU library directly with the operating system.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/intl/international-components-for-unicode--icu-#history-of-changes-to-the-icu-library-in-windows
Problem: Due to lack of stable ABI the library is C only, the C++ part is not exposed.
For us this is not super useful because we still support Windows 7 and 8 but for new developers it could reduce the frustration because the build time of vcpkg could be significantly reduced without ICU.