From: Paul G. <pga...@qw...> - 2001-09-15 21:08:24
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Hi folks, On 15 Sep 2001 at 12:49, the Illustrious Jose Fonseca wrote: > Ok. Now I've joined the MinGW team at SourceForge. Welcome. > > I've take a look the project pages at sourceforge (Bugs, Support, > Patches, Tasks, ...) and also to the mailing lists archives, but I feel > a little lost and don't know by where should I start. It is rather daunting at the outset. I am still trying to fit everything= together. It is expected, more as an unwritten "rule-of-thumb", that developers ans= wer the questions that come through the mailing list if the other non-developer us= ers on the mailing list are not able to answer such questions or other developers give a patently wron= g answer (like I have a few times ;-)). As a guide, consider the main components of Mingw, specifically those com= ponents related to runtime, binutils and gcc/g++. Win32api stuff is also, by defa= ult, part of the main components even though it is not necessarily the focus, at least not when = compared to gcc/g++ issues and any Mingw runtime problems that might come up. Right now, if I remember correctly, the Mingw win32api is being modified = and upgraded on a regular basis in order to facilitate a more effective "native" build = capability (Native Environment=3DWindows Environment) being upgraded and modified on a regula= r basis. Win32api is also the basis of the current Win32api available for use under Cygwin (= Cygwin.dll and/or msvcrt.dll depending on whether -mno-cygwin is invoked or not). There is also the cross-compiling stuff for Linux/Unix based platforms. GCC 3.0 for Mingw is a big one which Danny is working on as he is able to= . You might also want to take a moment to review Mumits' web page as a grea= t deal of the modern Mingw is primarily based on Mumits' initial goals. At this point w= e have just been extending and revising that original Mingw32. FWIW, Mumits original compil= er package still works just fine (have a copy I test against at times). MSYS, Earnies focus on a complete development package which may or may no= t use a non-windows shell running in a windows environment, is also on the list of= things to do. There is also the web page. This is something several of us are working = on as the need arises (say we get a broken link report or somesuch, we just go in and fix= the links as the need arises to do so). Finally, if you are so inclined and depending on how deep into Mingw you = want to go, you can just pick stuff off of the bug reports and deal with them as you see f= it, based of course on discussion with the other developers here. > What should I do? Trying to resolve some of the bugs or in something > new? I hope I have given you some sort of basis to work from. Paul G. > > Jos=E9 Fonseca > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Earnie Boyd" <ear...@ya...> > To: "Jose Fonseca" <jrf...@em...> > Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 1:56 PM > Subject: Re: [Mingw-users] ANN: My gnu-win32 webpage update > > > > jrfonseca has been added to a MinGW developer. I've classified you as > > a Porter, you can change it if you want. > > > > Earnie. > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MinGW-dvlpr mailing list > Min...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-dvlpr > |
From: Jose F. <jrf...@em...> - 2001-09-16 20:15:34
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul G." <pga...@qw...> To: <min...@li...> Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2001 11:08 PM Subject: Re: [MinGW-dvlpr] MinGW developer > Hi folks, > > On 15 Sep 2001 at 12:49, the Illustrious Jose Fonseca wrote: > > > Ok. Now I've joined the MinGW team at SourceForge. > > Welcome. > > > > I've take a look the project pages at sourceforge (Bugs, Support, > > Patches, Tasks, ...) and also to the mailing lists archives, but I fe= el > > a little lost and don't know by where should I start. > > It is rather daunting at the outset. I am still trying to fit everythi= ng together. > > It is expected, more as an unwritten "rule-of-thumb", that developers answer the > questions that come through the mailing list if the other non-developer users on the mailing list are > not able to answer such questions or other developers give a patently wrong answer (like I have a > few times ;-)). > You are too modest! Having a more active participation on the Mingw mailing lists was somethi= ng I had on my mind even before thinking in joining the team. > As a guide, consider the main components of Mingw, specifically those components > related to runtime, binutils and gcc/g++. Win32api stuff is also, by default, part of the main > components even though it is not necessarily the focus, at least not wh= en compared to gcc/g++ > issues and any Mingw runtime problems that might come up. > > Right now, if I remember correctly, the Mingw win32api is being modifie= d and upgraded > on a regular basis in order to facilitate a more effective "native" bui= ld capability (Native > Environment=3DWindows Environment) being upgraded and modified on a reg= ular basis. Win32api > is also the basis of the current Win32api available for use under Cygwi= n (Cygwin.dll and/or > msvcrt.dll depending on whether -mno-cygwin is invoked or not). > > There is also the cross-compiling stuff for Linux/Unix based platforms. > > GCC 3.0 for Mingw is a big one which Danny is working on as he is able = to. > > You might also want to take a moment to review Mumits' web page as a gr= eat deal of the > modern Mingw is primarily based on Mumits' initial goals. At this poin= t we have just been > extending and revising that original Mingw32. FWIW, Mumits original compiler package still works > just fine (have a copy I test against at times). > > MSYS, Earnies focus on a complete development package which may or may = not use a > non-windows shell running in a windows environment, is also on the list= of things to do. > > There is also the web page. This is something several of us are workin= g on as the need > arises (say we get a broken link report or somesuch, we just go in and = fix the links as the need > arises to do so). > > Finally, if you are so inclined and depending on how deep into Mingw yo= u want to go, you > can just pick stuff off of the bug reports and deal with them as you se= e fit, based of course on > discussion with the other developers here. > > > What should I do? Trying to resolve some of the bugs or in something > > new? > > I hope I have given you some sort of basis to work from. > > Paul G. > Yes, indeed. Thank you for your detailed and informative reply. Jos=E9 Fonseca > > > > > Jos=E9 Fonseca > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Earnie Boyd" <ear...@ya...> > > To: "Jose Fonseca" <jrf...@em...> > > Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 1:56 PM > > Subject: Re: [Mingw-users] ANN: My gnu-win32 webpage update > > > > > > > jrfonseca has been added to a MinGW developer. I've classified you= as > > > a Porter, you can change it if you want. > > > > > > Earnie. > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MinGW-dvlpr mailing list > > Min...@li... > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-dvlpr > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MinGW-dvlpr mailing list > Min...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-dvlpr > |