We are pleased to announce this new release of mingw-get. Formally identified as release 0.6.0-beta-20130904-1, this is the first formal release to provide both CLI and GUI clients, together with the integrated mingw-get-setup.exe first-time installation assistant.

To obtain and install, or upgrade to, this mingw-get release, download and execute the current issue of mingw-get-setup.exe.... read more

I have just released the long awaited 4.0 versions of the mingw
runtime and Windows API. For a list of changes please see
https://sourceforge.net/p/mingw/mingw-org-wsl/ci/4.0.0/tree/NEWS for
the details.

A new snapshot of the mingw-get graphical user interface is now available from http://tinyurl.com/md6qt8x; this version introduces a preview of the mingw-get-setup.exe tool, which will ultimately supplant mingw-get-inst.exe.

In addition to the introduction of mingw-get-setup.exe, this snapshot includes an experimental adjustment to the download code, (common to both the GUI and CLI clients), which it is hoped may avoid some reported issues, suspected to result from connection throttling, when performing sequential downloads of a number of packages from some SourceForge mirrors.... read more

I am pleased to announce release candidate 4 for the up and coming mingwrt-4.0
and w32api-4.0 release. The process to test is convoluted and messy in order
to keep related package data for mingw-get in sync. However, we are
releasing this candidate package so that you may be involved with
testing it.

First and foremost, you must install Keith's GUI alpha release of mingw-get.
You can get that package from his files link[1] and then extract it to your
MinGW folder, e.g. C:\MinGW.... read more

I am pleased to announce release candidate 3 for the up and coming mingwrt-4.0
and w32api-4.0 release. The process to test is convoluted and messy in order
to keep related package data for mingw-get in sync. However, we are
releasing this candidate package so that you may be involved with
testing it.

First and foremost, you must install Keith's GUI alpha release of mingw-get.
You can get that package from his files link[1] and then extract it to your
MinGW folder, e.g. C:\MinGW.... read more

A new snapshot of the mingw-get graphical user interface is now available from http://tinyurl.com/cdc7sym; this corrects the defect which made the previous snapshot unstable on WinXP-SP2/3. In addition, it includes an optimization to provide accelerated update of the mingw-get package catalogue.

Installation instructions may be found at http://tinyurl.com/6madwlo,
under the "Using GUI Installer Development Snapshots" subheading.

I am pleased to announce a release candidate for the up and coming mingwrt-4.0
and w32api-4.0 release. The process to test is convoluted and messy in order
to keep related package data for mingw-get in sync. However, we are releasing
this candidate package so that you may be involved with testing it.

First and foremost, you must install Keith's GUI alpha release of mingw-get.
You can get that package from his files link[1] and then extract it to your
MinGW folder, e.g. C:\MinGW.... read more

While still under development, and not yet ready for formal release, the graphical user interface to the MinGW installation tool, mingw-get, is progressing nicely. In the interim, prior to formal release, development snapshots are being made available from http://preview.tinyurl.com/cmhx9p6; the latest may be downloaded from http://preview.tinyurl.com/d93t5hf

These snapshots are being made available for the benefit of those users who are interested in the graphical front-end to mingw-get, (which should be all users), and in particular, those users who would like to play a part in influencing its future development. Any who may be unsure should note this comment, from one early adopter:... read more

MSYS m4 has been updated to version 1.4.16-2. See http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MSYS/Extension/m4/m4-1.4.16-2/ for the file list and release notes.

Upgrade with mingw-get:
mingw-get update
mingw-get upgrade msys-m4

The MSYS runtime was updated to 1.0.18. See http://bit.ly/11ltnMT for the file list and release notes.