>> Is there some specific reason for using MSVC instead of gcc ? > > Currently ABI backwards-compatibility for compiled extensions.
There are also some features in the code that don't compile with MinGW. They use API that MinGW does not provide headers for etc. Let me also point out that we definitely do not want to build *locally* on Windows with GCC (MinGW). MinGW makes sense to us only for cross-compilation. If one wants to build locally on a Windows machine, use MSVC. Note that when we say MinGW, we actually mean mingw-w64, a fork of MinGW that provides a more complete set of headers and import libraries for various Windows APIs. (Despite the "w64" in the name, they do provide a tool-chain producing 32-bit code, too.) --tml _______________________________________________ LibreOffice mailing list LibreOffice@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice
