Hi Bruno,
Before I add Cygwin and MSYS2 to the DEPENDENCIES file can you double
check them?
I don't want to add too much detail to that file, but it is my
understanding that MSYS2 is meant for building native Windows
software. Cygwin is more of a runtime environment, though it has MinGW
packages for building native Windows software. Am I understanding this
correctly?
I put "Recommended" since most users will not need to worry about
this. For Windows, these are just the best ways to avoid the headaches
caused by that platform.
Any changes that I should make before pushing?
diff --git a/DEPENDENCIES b/DEPENDENCIES
index b700c05bc6..066becbc98 100644
--- a/DEPENDENCIES
+++ b/DEPENDENCIES
@@ -197,3 +197,22 @@ at any time.
https://www.gnu.org/software/tar/
+ Download:
https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/tar/
+
+* Cygwin
+ + Recommended.
+ Provides a POSIX-like environment and binary packages necessary to
+ build and run software on Windows. Native Windows programs can be
+ compiled using a MinGW toolchain.
+ + Homepage:
+ https://cygwin.com/
+ + Download:
+ https://cygwin.com/install.html
+
+* MSYS2
+ + Recommended.
+ Provides a shell and binary packages necessary to build and run
+ software on native Windows.
+ + Homepage:
+ https://www.msys2.org/
+ + Download:
+ https://www.msys2.org/#installation
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