Re: [Mingw-users] 7-Zip

[Earnie B. <ear...@ya...>]

Thanks, Oscar.

Earnie.

Oscar Fuentes wrote:

>Biju G C <bij...@ya...> writes:
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>>we should try to attract more people into MinGW/Cygwin/gnu/*nix 
>>rather than scaring people away.
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>Nobody is scaring people away.
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>>if you ask how to do XYZ of VC++ in gcc Igor dont have clue.
>>So a better place to clear that will be MinGW and/or Cygwin list
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>Sure. Anyone porting 7-zip or any other piece of software to MinGW can
>ask here about specific problems and, most likely, he will receive
>assistance.
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>>remember developing a gnu port of 7-zip is a need for us, 
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>For whom, exactly? There are pretty good compressors that are
>platform-independent.
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>>but not a need for him, he is happy with VC++
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>>I dont why Earnie is very much against 7-zip. 
>>As new member is there something I miss?
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>You are not asking about some technical problem you have with
>MinGW. You are trying to convince people that certain application is
>very important and *someone* *else* should port it. I'm afraid lots of
>people could make the same request about its favourite application.
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