[Mingw-users] problems with mingw support for Open Source projects

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I'm running across more and more Open Source projects that are only
supporting mingw64.  When I send in patches, I now need to specify which
mingw project I'm using.  I just reported some problems building aria2 and
sent them some patches for mingw that would allow it to build without
errors.  They told me they are only supporting mingw64.  I ran across the
same situation from the Enlightenment developers a while back.  Other
projects I've contacted are giving similar responses.

I started with the original mingw project and I would like to continue to
use it for Open Source development.  Am finding the whole situation rather
frustrating.  Many Open Source projects don't appear to want to support
mingw (www.mingw.org) development.  Any suggestions?  I'd really rather
not be forced to switch all my Windows development to mingw64 just to get
Open Source programs and libraries to build.  Would it help if more mingw
users contacted or got involved with Open Source projects and asked for
support for the compiler?  Is there anything mingw (www.mingw.org) users
can do to improve the situation?

Thanks.

Sincerely,
Laura
http://www.distasis.com/cpp/mingw.htm