Package: gcc-mingw32 Version: 4.4.0-3 Severity: wishlist
The main features provided by new gcc versions with respect to mingw32 target are: * dwarf exception handling model - working also when thrown through dll boundaries * possibility to link programs with shared versions of libgcc and libstdc++ which makes it possible to make programs/libraries much smaller which is very important for heavily modularized projects I couldn't find any rationale for this package being created but I think two issues may be a possible cause for this: * current maintainer of mingw32 package is not responding (maybe for some important reasons) to wishlist bugs about new upstream versions * this package is created with some ideas that make this package very different from mingw32 As a potential user of this package I'd like to be able to quickly find out what configure options are used to build this package (not command line but what should I expect to be able to do with binaries provided by this package). Currently I had to download package source to have this knowlege. Second thing is that I would like to be able to compile programs using this compiler with both exception handling models (dwarf and sjlj) and with static and dynamically loaded versions of libgcc and libstc++. Additionally I think users would expect those releases to be "compatible" with official releases made by mingw.org people. By this I mean build configuration of gcc and patches applied in official mingw releases. I'm really happy that this package has been created because it means that some work is being done and I hope it is an end of very long periods without any activity in this area. When I know what I can expect from this package in the future I will try to help to improve this package within my limited free time. Regards Tomasz Gajewski -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (800, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages gcc-mingw32 depends on: ii libc6 2.9-12 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libgmp3c2 2:4.2.4+dfsg-8.1 Multiprecision arithmetic library ii libmpfr1ldbl 2.4.1-2 multiple precision floating-point ii mingw32-binutils 2.19.1-1 Minimalist GNU win32 (cross) binut ii mingw32-runtime 3.13-1 Minimalist GNU win32 (cross) runti gcc-mingw32 recommends no packages. Versions of packages gcc-mingw32 suggests: pn cpp-doc <none> (no description available) pn gcc-doc <none> (no description available) -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
