On Sun, Feb 1, 2015 at 2:18 PM, Paul Fertser <fercer...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > On Sun, Feb 01, 2015 at 11:19:11AM +0800, Xiaofan Chen wrote: >> Personally I do not use MSYS2 and have no intention of using it >> since I only deal with a few projects and I do not have the need >> for MSYS2. But I remember Pete from the libusb project seems to >> like it. > > My mail wasn't actually directed to you personally as I do no think > you're actively using OpenOCD on windows to get real job done. But I > know for sure there're plenty of people (I guess thousands) who > actually depend on OpenOCD on windows in their dayjob and hobby > activities, and I am asking them to contribute here.
You are indeed right that I am not using OpenOCD (or libusb, or libusb-win32) to get real job done. I am a HW engineer by trade. Still I think most of the people using OpenOCD to get real job done will not want to build from source. They would like to get a nicely done binary package. That is why Freddie Choppin's OpenOCD binary is popular. I can see the download for OpenOCD 0.8.0 binary is more than 19,000. http://www.freddiechopin.info/en/download/category/4-openocd > I do not understand why would anyone use windows at all without > something sane to manage packages. mingw-get used to be the thing, but > it makes little sense now. And MSYS2 is the only active project > providing reasonable experience. I think you misunderstood Windows users of OpenOCD, most of them do not want to build OpenOCD, they want a binary. Now OpenOCD does not have a official Windows binary and that is why Freddie Choppin's binary download is popular. The talk of MSYS2 is missing the point for Windows users of OpenOCD. That is geared toward Windows developer or packager of OpenOCD, not the end users of OpenOCD. That is why libusb project provides official Windows binary. -- Xiaofan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming. The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ OpenOCD-devel mailing list OpenOCD-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openocd-devel
