I'm using bazaar/Assimp. When I launch my program in debug mode, my application became incredible slowly to debug because of assimp (it run fast when compiled in release) That's why I'm wondering if there is any way to compile the assimp package in release mode (even when I'm in debug) ?
Actually, I feel your problem - I am thinking about how to allow such "mixed mode" for some time now. Unfortunately have not found an easy solution yet.