Re: [MinGW-dvlpr] Sub project for w64 header & crt

[Danny S. <dan...@cl...>]

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> From: min...@li...=20
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> Of Kai Tietz
> Sent: Monday, 13 August 2007 7:55 p.m.
> To: MinGW Devlopers Discussion List
> Subject: [MinGW-dvlpr] Sub project for w64 header & crt
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> Hello,
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> I opened an new project 'mingw-w64' on sourceforge. This=20
> project holds the=20
> w64 header-set and the crt sources in svn repository. If you are=20
> interested to join this project as developer too, let me know.
> Therefore I will release new updates via the 'mingw-w64'=20
> project. Should I=20
> continue to release snapshots on mingw too ?

I would prefer that you kept the mingw-w64 project separate. From a =
cursory spot check of a few files, the crt sources in particular appear =
to contain too much undocumented material that I suspect may be derived =
from proprietary sources.  I have since avoided looking at the mingw-w64 =
sources to avoid any taint of copyright abuse. I could well be wrong, =
but I would rather be safe than jeopardise the future of the mingw32, =
which has tried to maintain a "clean-room" ethic during its development. =
  I hope that you can prove me wrong about the derivation of these =
sources.

If you wish to submit specific patches to mingw runtime or w32api, =
please do so in the usual manner, and I will review them as per any =
other patch.  I am strongly opposed to a wholesale merge of your sources =
with mingw32 sources without an independent audit of the changes.=20

I speak for myself only.=20

Danny=20