Hi, I've uploaded a new version of that page: http://notk.org/~adrien/picker.php
As you'll see, quite a lot of things have changed and the page should feel lighter and more intuitive. Some of the new data isn't completely right and there are a few cosmetics change to do. Apart from that, I hope you will find it is a big step in the right direction and that the UI layout is good. (also, the block of text at the top with explanations has grown a bit more than expected but that's easy to change) On Thu, May 30, 2013, Ruben Van Boxem wrote: > Let's get things straight: the number of Linux distros providing a > MinGW-w64 toolchain is only going to keep increasing (currently: > Debian+derivatives, Ubuntu+derivatives Fedora+relatives, OpenSUSE, Arch, > gentoo, etc...) I don't see any of these have much interest in keeping yet > another web page in sync. I'm sure there will be exceptions, but you can't > rely on exceptions. Besides, they all have their own package management > functions that might advertise mingw-w64 in one way or another depending on > a user search. Linux users don't typically use google to find their > packages. This whole updating becomes even more undoable when you factor in > 3rd party packages, which a distro may or may not provide, and update. > > I'm just trying to warn you for trying the nigh impossible for IMHO little > value. So far this hasn't been a concern. I can't predict how things will evolve and I'm not expecting them to stay the same forever but I think it's better to just wait and see. > > > > > As for the additional softwares, I strongly believe they matter. C++ > > makes this even more important because of the incompatible exception > > handling mechanisms. > > I've also never enjoyed having to hunt for unreliable prebuilt binaries > > on tens of websites and software authors don't usually enjoy having to > > build binaries themselves either (tbh, I've seen reactions vary between > > disliking it, hating it and despising it). > > > > I think the regular MinGW(-w64) developer will either be or become quickly > accustomed to building all his/her dependencies from source. Granted, > that's far from ideal, but there'd need to be a huge packaging effort to > remedy this. > That packaging effort is actually there and with some care it has been possible to reuse OpenSuSe's well-tested packages for years now. Building takes time, especially on msys and cygwin. Doing it by hand also means that upgrading to a newer version or removing a library is very painful. I truly believe it's the way to go. I hope that with my latest changes to the page, the (fairly long) list of packages is now nicer. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ How ServiceNow helps IT people transform IT departments: 1. A cloud service to automate IT design, transition and operations 2. Dashboards that offer high-level views of enterprise services 3. A single system of record for all IT processes http://p.sf.net/sfu/servicenow-d2d-j _______________________________________________ Mingw-w64-public mailing list Mingw-w64-public@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-w64-public
