Re: [Mingw-users] GCC 3.4.5 with Vista fix; MinGW installer makeover

[Earnie B. <ea...@us...>]

Quoting "John E. / TDM" <td...@td...>:

> As a newly-inducted Disgruntled Vista User (though only having installed
> it in order to be familiar with it and provide support for other
> people), I've ended up appreciating Brian Dessent's set of
> patched-for-Vista GCC 3.4.5 drivers. Unfortunately, G77, GCJ and GNAT
> versions are lacking; moreover, the tarball isn't hosted with the MinGW
> project and is hard to find without asking on the mailing list and
> counting on someone in the know to reply. There is a fairly steady
> trickle of posters on the Code::Blocks forums who have trouble running
> GCC in Vista because they aren't even aware of the need for a fixed version.
>
> So, is there interest in creating a new 3.4.5 release that works
> correctly in Windows Vista? I've already done the work of creating a
> full build (I used gcc-3.4.5-build.sh with no changes except to add
> "-D__USE_MINGW_ACCESS" to CFLAGS), so if I get the go-ahead I can have
> the packages ready to upload in a jiffy.
>

Aaron W. LaFramboise has agreed to take on the package maintenance.  
I'm sure he would be friendly toward some help.  And if he wants to 
allow you to upload to the SF FRS we can arrange for that as well.

> Also:
> Scuttlebutt on this list seems to be that the current MinGW installer
> needs improvement, and I agree. I've recently finished up an NSIS-based
> installer for another piece of software which includes downloading and
> updating components from the internet, and am now much more familiar
> with NSIS than I ever wanted to be. Shortcomings aside, it's still the
> best tool for the job, so question numero deux:
>
> Would it worthwhile for me to create and submit an overhaul to the MinGW
> installer? (Or am I wrong, and everybody likes it the way it is?) If
> this *is* a good idea, what do you like about the current one and what
> could use improvement?
>

Dave Murphy is the current author and maintainer.  The script sources 
are in CVS under the MinGW/ tree.  There is a MinGW-5_1 branch and a 
MinGW-6_0 branch.  The MinGW-6_0 branch was meant for the inclusion of 
future releases of MSYS; however no work has been done.  If Dave wishes 
that you have CVS write privileges for the work we can arrange that.

Earnie