* ensure it is viable to use the MinGW toolchain to build APR on 1.4.x-trunk for the purpose of (at least) me testing simple fixes and running the test suite and using gcc as another perspective on the Windows code * provide at least some help in the area of reviewing/testing to those willing to do the heavy lifting to make this a properly supported toolchain
As part of that I anticipate backporting some fixes for MinGW to 1.4.x/1.5.x to support this, but with no implication that any code line fully/properly supports MinGW. More people will have to continue to help (and perhaps with it in somewhat better shape it will be more practical).
