Re: [Mingw-users] [Mingw-w64-public] MinGW 64 on Windows Vista 64

[NightStrike <nightstrike@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 12/21/07, Earnie Boyd <earnie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Quoting NightStrike <nightstrike@xxxxxxxxx>:
>
> > On 12/21/07, Kai Tietz <Kai.Tietz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> Hi Rob,
> >>
> >> I redirect you to the mingw-64 public group, where it is more likly, that
> >> somebody can help you.
> >
> > https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64
> >
> > There's the link for you ;-)
> >
>
> WHY!! :(  Why can't the mingw list help?

Why can't the mingw list help *what*?  The tar that the OP downloaded
is outside of the mingw, and it's outside of mingw-w64.  The only one
that can really help with getting that to work is the guy that made
it, zhou drangon.

>  Why do we need another
> project to support the 64 bit OS?

Maybe MinGW isn't yet ready to support what is required to step up to
64-bits from a personnel standpoint.  Cooperation is paramount.  I
can't really say for sure, but I do know that the mingw-w64 project
appeared out of necessity, not out of malice.  I'm sure that in time,
it can be merged back in to the fold.

> This project is not a MinGW
> sanctioned project.

No one really ever said it was...

> The correct method of support is to supply patches to the runtime and
> winapi that can allow the support.  We've asked the mingw-w64 project
> owner to join us.

I don't think that "asked" is the right verb there.  You can attract
more flies with honey than fire.  Kai is an extremely reasonable,
understanding person, and I'm sure you could come to a better
arrangement if you just tried a different approach.

> >> > Some time back I downloaded a MinGW 64 binary - not sure exactly where
> >> from,
> >
> > Based on the output of gcc -v, it's one of zhou's releases.  That's
> > probably why he replied to you, as well =)  His site is linked to from
> > the w64 project webpage that I linked to you up above.
> >
>
> PLEASE! Keep mingw support on this list regardless of whether it is
> 32bit or 64bit or whatever bit is in the works.

How can anyone on this list support the releases that Kai or myself
made, or in this case, a third party contributor to mingw-w64**?
Heck, most of the time, the issues that people have are my own fault,
attributed to some oversight.  But I'm learning, quickly, and I don't
make the same mistake twice.


** Zhou, I do not mean to imply and sort of undermining of the work
that you've done.  You've been extremely helpful and supportive.  All
I mean is that the tar that you made isn't hosted on the sourceforge
site, it's hosted on your personal site...

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