On 16/11/12 12:12, Tor Lillqvist wrote: >>> 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.
in addition to above points also there are also open questions around how we would run unit tests in a MinGW cross-compilation environment and how well gdb works on Windows; the MSVC C++ debugger is really quite good. _______________________________________________ LibreOffice mailing list LibreOffice@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice
