> > Self building is not an good option for my scenario. I'm currently folding > > in support for this toolchain into a larger project > > https://github.com/oneclick/rubyinstaller/blob/mingw64-32/config/compilers/mingw64.rb#L3-34 > > in which our build recipe will download your toolchain, combine it with > > MSYS and other key artifacts, and use the resulting amalgamation to build > > the project as well be the engine in an easy-to-use DevKit > > https://github.com/oneclick/rubyinstaller/wiki/Development-Kit. > > > > Than I think of all those users using outdated copies streaming in and > reporting bugs fixed months ago :|
A truly horrible and irritating thought I agree. > Anyway, by bundling a toolchain, will you be willing to maintain it at > your end? I noticed you are mixing mingw.org components in, be careful > not to mix them when linking, there is no guarantee it'll work out. For the DevKit's we officially support and maintain, that's the idea. Hopefully the only questions you'd get would be from our project lead or contributors. It's the reason that, while we have build recipes that allow one to use multiple toolchains https://github.com/oneclick/rubyinstaller/blob/master/README.txt#L103-126 we currently support only one flavor to save our sanity. While our external DevKit is meant to help our users easily build and use native C/C++ based Ruby extensions on Windows, as a project contributor and experimenter, the real value to me is to be able to type something like rake ruby19 dkver=mingw64-32-4.5.3 and have our recipes download and build everything (including an internal DevKit) needed to get a working Ruby environment on Windows. If it's a slow day, I may even build a custom (unsupported) external DevKit and build gvim by doing something like: rake devkit sfx=1 dkver=mingw64-32-4.5.3 c:\DevKit\devkitvars.bat mingw32-make -f Make_mingw.mak CC=i686-w64-mingw32-gcc WINDRES=i686-w64-mingw32-windres gvim.exe xxd/xxd.exe While most people prefer our binary downloads and installers, being able to rapidly build everything from source is fantastic and makes the project much more maintainable and enjoyable to work on. But I'm _way_ off-topic... Done with the issue...thanks again for your feedback and efforts on the project. Jon --- blog: http://jonforums.github.com/ twitter: @jonforums ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WhatsUp Gold - Download Free Network Management Software The most intuitive, comprehensive, and cost-effective network management toolset available today. Delivers lowest initial acquisition cost and overall TCO of any competing solution. http://p.sf.net/sfu/whatsupgold-sd _______________________________________________ Mingw-w64-public mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-w64-public
