Peter Stuge wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 04, 2008 at 07:47:36PM +0300, Alon Bar-Lev wrote:
>>>  The complexity issue works both ways. By doing cross compiling
>>>  you have now introduced additional packages to build it, using
>>> derived header files.
>> I don't understand.
> 
> I think he means that in the current state which allows
> cross-compilation the build no longer works with MSVC which
> is the only thing many Windevelopers know and thus the change
> can be perceived as a regression.
> 

Nicely worded!

> This may not have to hold true in the future.
> 
> 
>>>> Alternatively, I can produce .rc out of rc.in when we distribute
>>>> the package, so Windows build will find already prepared .rc file
>>>> with correct version.
>>>  I like that better. I don't believe there is any requirement
>>>  to build from SVN using Windows only.
>> I don't understand...
>> Do you agree to generate this files into the package tarball, and
>> not build directly from svn?
> 
> I take it he agrees. I like this much better too, the more "complete"
> a tarball is the better!
> 

Yes.

> 
>>>  Actually I don't like two build systems. I would prefer the
>>>  Windows based build over the MinG approach.
>> Two = different for Windows and none Windows.
> 
> To be clear; I think the ideal is to be able to build natively using
> gcc on as many platforms as possible.

That appears to be the consenses.

> 
> On *ix this is nothing out of the ordinary.
> On Windows this means using MinGW.
> 
> When this works properly, we get cross-compilation (build using
> i*86-mingw32-gcc on Linux to generate Windows binaries) for free!
> 
> One thing to keep in mind is that a MinGW install on Windows is only
> a few megabytes, while MSVC probably adds at least two zeroes to the
> end of that.
> 
> 
> Since there is interest for MSVC building I think that should be
> welcome too, but as was hinted to a new SCB binary is the ideal
> for Windows environments. It'll get there I'm sure. :)

(With OpenSSL and gzip too.)

> 
> 
> //Peter
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