[tdf-discuss] Re: Will win64 native build exist on 3.5.0 or at least 3.5.x releases?

Pedro <pedlino <at> gmail.com> writes:

> In my opinion TDF and LibreOffice should abandon the MS compiler and support
> the switch to MinGW which has already been started by Jan Holesovsky (aka
> Kendy)

Actually the work to support MinGW was started already back in Sun/Oracle OOo
times, and then continued for LO especially (and only) in the form of support
for MinGW cross-compilation, by me and Kendy.

> This would also open the path to using MinGW64 and therefore the creation of
> a native 64bit version of LO...

Well, glueing wings onto cows doesn't make them fly; there is also C++/UNO
bridge code to write for this particular copiler/platform combination, and an
unknown amount of other details here and there. Presumably it shouldn't be that
different from the 64-bit MSVC work (modulo assembler syntax and whatnot), but
that is not complete either.
 
> The fact that it is a requirement to use a specific proprietary compiler to
> compile a FLOSS program makes the same sense as offering a free complete car
> (wheels, tires, etc) but to assemble it you would need to buy a wrench which
> is sold by a single company...

Car analogies are stupid.

--tml






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