michael chang wrote:
> Solution: Linux/POSIX emulation layer. Cygwin is usually used. > > MinGW/MSYS is also workable, IIRC. I've never compiled GIMP on either, > though. For GIMP, I'd say that MinGW is preferred - not that there shouldn't any problems with Cygwin, but anyone trying this might be on his own, most other people use MinGw... > Of course, at the end of the day, I think it'd be nicest if they made > an installer for the Windows binaries for the development releases, > but I'm quite sure that's probably more work than it's worth. Problem: how to keep each of the places distributing GIMP (some net magazines, other random websites, users) from mistaking it as a new stable release. Michael -- The GIMP > http://www.gimp.org | IRC: irc://irc.gimp.org/gimp Wiki > http://wiki.gimp.org | .de: http://gimpforum.de Plug-ins > http://registry.gimp.org | _______________________________________________ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
