Re: GTK+3 Win32 Bundles : RFC

[Tarnyko <tarnyko tarnyko net>]

Hi Alberto, 

Alberto Ruiz writes: 

> Hello Tamyko, 
>
> First of all I'd like to say kudos for your amazing work. There is a
> lot of people out there who depend on Gtk+ being built on Windows and
> your efforts are greatly appreciated. 

Thank you very much ! 

> The answer here is hard. I'm inclined to say that you should scrap as
> much stuff as possible (unused binaries and as much dependencies as
> possible). If only to make the automated build a bit more reliable
> (the less stuff you build yourself the better). 
>
> Wrt freetype/fontconfig it is worth considering how many packages can
> make good use of it, you mentined gimp and inkscape which are probably
> two of the most popular Gtk+ apps on Windows, so it seems reasonable
> to keep them. 

You're right, I think I will keep them. They're worth it. 

> How about a Windows VM? I know Microsoft gives away Microsoft
> liceneses to free software projects and I've set up build servers with
> Windows in the past using SSH. The alternative, which is running MSVC
> on Linux/Wine is going to be HARD. 

Ho, interesting. I didn't know they had such deals with FOSS projects. Will 
look into it. 

Yes, cross-compiling using MinGW is already a pain ; I better not imagine 
how hard it could be with an emulation layer such a Wine... 

> --
> Cheers,
> Alberto Ruiz

Regards,
Tarnyko