* make all unit test pass both in debug and release builds.
* Note: latest introduction of SyncPoint seems to disable running db_test in Release.
* make performance on par with published benchmarks accounting for HW differences
-* we would like to keep the port code inline with the master branch with no forking
+* we would like to keep the port code inline with the main branch with no forking
## Build system
We have chosen CMake as a widely accepted build system to build the Windows port. It is very fast and convenient.