Re: [Mingw-users] cygwin/mingw/__try and gcc 3.x

[Manu <ma...@wa...>]

Hi,

----- Original Message -----
From: "Earnie Boyd" <ear...@ya...>
To: "Laszlo Vecsey" <bli...@op...>
Cc: <min...@li...>
Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 9:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Mingw-users] cygwin/mingw/__try and gcc 3.x


> > Is it possible for the mingw community to use the cygnus setup at least
as a
> > means to redistribute our portion of the files, regardless of whether
its
> > merged with the main cygwin gcc? It just seems to me theres a huge
> > convenience of having that available so that a machine can be effortless
> > setup with just a click or two, and it would certainly help promote the
> > environment further to the point where it could be recommended as a good
way
> > for anyone to just grab a project, compile, and change something.
> >
>
> I've thought about it, but I'll probably work something else out.  I
> don't have the same control of the ftp directory layout from SourceForge
> so it would be more difficult to control.  I am working on a different
> angle with a more Win32ish install.

I'm very interested with this idea, i probably could contribute to a
"package installer".
What about an attempt of standardization concerning packages places.
I've personally adopted something like this :

C:\GNU
C:\GNU\Cygwin
C:\GNU\Mingw   (+MinGW's GDB)
C:\GNU\msys
C:\GNU\Win32   (a place for native win32 ports)

Is it stupid or intelligent ?

Regards,
Manu.