> See below: > > http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=691876:
I'm trying to install this, and my "astonishment" just continues about the mingw project. First they use .lzma extension instead of well-known .7z. Fine. Then they insist on using .tar inside the .7z file, which is a solid archive anyway, so .tar doesn't give any size advantages. Then they insist on using *nix links inside the .tar meant for the Windows platform which doesn't have support for such links. This means the only way to extract this release, is if you have Linux or OS X, or probably it can also work under msys, but with a very bumpy experience (I didn't try it). The package is a hefty 400MB in size, so it won't be a candidate for inclusion in unified build either. If you try to pick the parts listed on the release page, it's also extremely frustrating. Parts are in different dirs, some parts get extracted to their own subdirs, others not, so overall it's manual and error prone process. Not to mention some version inconsistencies and other "minor" stuff, like clashing files... (libiberty.a). I sometimes seriously wonder on the level of insaneness present in some projects... mingw is meant for Windows users as far as I understand, yet it's almost impossible for them to use it. If this is the open source alternative to MSVC, it's a pretty sad picture. I'd still recommend the tdragon build, since the mingw project seems to be hopelessly lost. Sorry for the rant. Brgds, Viktor _______________________________________________ Harbour mailing list (attachment size limit: 40KB) Harbour@harbour-project.org http://lists.harbour-project.org/mailman/listinfo/harbour
