On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Jesús Corrius <je...@softcatala.org> wrote: >> could anyone of the Windows experts please give me some insight, >> why you're using MSVC for LO, instead of gcc ? >> >> Is there anything important that cannot be done w/ gcc ? > > Short version: > > The MSVC build is considered stable (has historically always been used > to compile OOo/LibO) while the gcc support is still experimental. > The are things that can't be compiled using gcc, mostly related to ATL > stuff used in the ActiveX control and shellextensions. Most of the > code (if not all) could be rewritten, but no one has shown real > interest in doing that yet.
and.. switching means ABI breakage with all extensions... Norbert _______________________________________________ LibreOffice mailing list LibreOffice@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice
