2014-11-23 17:19 GMT+01:00 K. Frank <[email protected]>:
> Hi Adrian!
>
> (Note, I haven't copied this response to the Wt list as it doesn't
> really concern Wt.)
>
> I would like to follow up on gcc 4.9.0 vs. 4.9.2.
>
> On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 6:22 AM, Adrien Nader <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Sat, Nov 22, 2014, K. Frank wrote:
> >> Hello Lists!
> >>
> >> Should I use Mingw-builds or Win-builds to build Wt?
> >
> > First of all, both should work.
> >
> > I am the lead dev of win-builds so obviously I'm not an expert in
> > mingw-builds.
> > ...
> >>
> >> Will I be more likely to be successful using the Mingw-builds or the
> >> Win-builds version of the toolchain? All else being equal, I would
> >> probably go with Mingw-builds because it appears to offer gcc 4.9.0.
> >
> > As I said at the beginning of this message, both should work.
> >
> > About the GCC version though: 4.9.0 was quite heavily bugged and while
> > 4.9.1 was much better it still had its issues. I don't know about GCC
> > 4.9.2; I haven't read many complaints about it but it came after the WB
> > version freeze so it hasn't been studied for inclusion.
> > In any case, you should probably avoid 4.9.0 and 4.9.1.
>
> Would anyone have rough estimates for either Win-builds or Mingw-builds
> (or other native x64 builds) for when gcc 4.9.2 is likely to be ready?
> I'll
> take Adrian's warning about 4.9.0 seriously, but I would like to upgrade
> to 4.9 if a decent version becomes available in the near future.
>
FYI, MSYS2 has GCC 4.9.2 in their repositories.
I'd also just try a new GCC version, and if it works for you just use it,
at least for development.
>
> > ...
> > Boost isn't currently packaged since there had been no demand so far.
> > The relevant entry in the bug tracker was opened a couple weeks ago and
> > is at http://win-builds.org/bugs/index.php?do=details&task_id=86 . It is
> > scheduled for 1.6 and should therefore be packaged in roughly 4 to 6
> > weeks (or earlier if someone else does it of course :) ).
>
> As an aside, independent of Wt, I would probably give boost a try if a
> pre-built package were available.
>
Boost isn't hard to build. But MSYS2 also has this in the repos. Along with
a huge list of other packages.
I am not advertising MSYS2. Although I might be. Because I like it. Even
with some its current shortcomings :-p
Cheers,
Ruben
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