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Re: [tdf-discuss] Compiling in Windows

Hi *,

On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 4:22 PM, plino <pedlino@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm not a programmer but something is puzzling me: why is LibreOffice
> compiled with MS VC++ compiler? This forces the installer to include the
> VC++ runtimes...
>
> Wouldn't it make more sense to use the FOSS compiler MinGW?

Well - while there have been quite a bunch of cws to add support for
mingw - the most recent one being
http://eis.services.openoffice.org/EIS2/cws.ShowCWS?Path=DEV300/mingwport31

the mingw part just is not ready for production. Of course nobody will
stop you and others on improving it.

Also compare http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide/Building_on_Windows_with_MinGW

ciao
Christian

ciao
Christian

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