2013/6/23 Baruch Burstein <bmburst...@gmail.com>
> And of course, as expected. I just went to try the mingw-builds, and
> downloaded their recommended installer (the download button on the front
> page), and when tried to run it, it didn't work (couldn't download
> repository.txt or some such). We really need a build that "just works". (I
> know, your builds didn't have any installer, and if I am willing to live
> without the installer for your builds, I can just directly download the
> appropriate package from the mingw-builds site and unpack it, but there is
> something anoying about trying the recommended way of doing things and not
> getting it to work that kind of pushes me away from the whole thing)
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> On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 8:46 PM, Baruch Burstein <bmburst...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I used your builds too. I dont remember why, probably cause it was the
>> first one I found that just worked. I'll give the mingw-builds a try.
>> Thank you for your work.
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 6:04 PM, K. Frank <kfrank2...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Ruben!
>>>
>>> OOooohhh NOOOOOoooooOOOOO!!!
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 9:15 AM, Ruben Van Boxem
>>> <vanboxem.ru...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > Hi everyone,
>>> >
>>> > I have come to the conclusion that my MinGW-w64 builds bring too
>>> little to
>>> > the table for me to continue maintaining them.
>>> >
>>> > I strongly encourage you to use the plethora of toolchains in a
>>> multitude of
>>> > configurations available at mingw-builds. Comparing download numbers
>>> they
>>> > have a much higher visibility, and e.g. their adoption by the Qt
>>> Project
>>> > speaks of their quality. They have succeeded in doing what I missed
>>> when I
>>> > decided to start building GCC, so my effort spent in doing that is now
>>> > wasted.
>>> >
>>> > I may dabble into getting Clang 3.3 to work on Windows, perhaps even
>>> with
>>> > libc++, but I am not promising anything.
>>> >
>>> > I'll still linger around here though, don't worry.
>>>
>>> Sad to see your builds depart! (But glad you're staying ...)
>>>
>>> Now, I'm sure them mingw-builds builds are fine, and such, but where's a
>>> fellow to go when he wants a nice, WACKY build? Hmm?
>>>
>>> You know, like a fine wine -- maybe a bit off the beaten path, quirky,
>>> even,
>>> but a worthy vintage, nonetheless.
>>>
>>> Thanks for all your work and all your builds.
>>>
>>> > All the best,
>>> >
>>> > Ruben
>>>
>>>
>>> Happy Hacking!
>>>
>>>
>>> K. Frank
>>>
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