From: Earnie B. <ear...@ya...> - 2000-09-22 12:13:15
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--- Joerg Bruehe <jo...@sq...> wrote: > Hi ! > > Danny Smith wrote: > > > > Please, please keep it modular, or at least provide a modular option. > > Some of us in rural areas have marginal Internet service [...] > Ok, everyone agrees to keep it modular. > IMHO, the newcomer will prefer a "complete package" which does provide > a "basic system" (which he may later expand) whereas the experienced > user would prefer to upgrade just some modules. But, as long as we provide the means of downloading or at least documenting what makes the "basic system" (i.e.: gcc, binutils, w32api, make) then the "newcomer" should be happy. > The "middle way" might be to have a really minimum basic system > (no IDE - see below). > The "all-in-one" distro will be modular, so *if* an ide is provided for download it would be optional to retrieve it. This is a *big* if, we haven't decided to do such a thing. All that was said about the IDE was to make an official statement as to which IDE's we deem to be the best. That said let's drop the IDE frenzy. > When I started with MinGW (not too long ago), I enjoyed the package from > http://www.weihenstephan.de/~syring/win32/UnxUtils.html > (a "zip" package of 2.192 kB) - contains the basic stuff I need. > We should offer something similar with the "all-in-one" distro mechanism as an optional module. > > > > Secondly, remember the Min part of MinGW. IMHO, IDE's are add-ons. > > Some of us (sigh) have old computers and memory poor graphics cards and > > IDE's with fancy GUI's can be frustrating. > As I said if it is offered it will be a module that will be an option to be downloaded. > IMO, there are at least two different classes of MinGW users: > Those who use it for development, and those who just port existing > stuff: > a) Of the developers, many may like an IDE, but probably different ones. If there are large packages being developed then a lot more than an IDE is needed. > b) The porters (like me) probably use "make" and a command line. > My favorite IDE: Vim with syntax highlighting on. (Please, no emacs vs vi flames). Cheers, ===== --- <http://earniesystems.safeshopper.com> --- Earnie Boyd: <mailto:ear...@ya...> __Cygwin: POSIX on Windows__ Cygwin Newbies: <http://gw32.freeyellow.com/> __Minimalist GNU for Windows__ Mingw Home: <http://www.mingw.org/> __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/ |