Hello Lists! On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 4:05 AM, Kai Tietz wrote: > ... >>> On 8/30/2011 04:26, Charles Wilson wrote: >>>> ... >>>> I'm curious: what's the rationale for the new winpthreads package, vs. >>>> the existing pthreads-win32 project? >>>> http://sourceware.org/pthreads-win32/ >>>> >>>> Is it a 64bit issue, or is there some other problem with pthreads-win32 >>>> (or the fact it hasn't published an official release since 2006, >>>> although CVS shows some more recent activity)? Kai's not known for >>>> doing stuff "just because" so I assume there's a reason... >>> ... >>> iirc winpthreads started because pthreads-win32 was slow to accept any >>> patches sent their way, email conversations tend to drop off for some >>> reason. >>> ... > Kai
Wasn't there also some licensing issue? I never understood the details, but I recall seeing warnings, perhaps on one of these lists, that the pthreads-win32 license was not as liberal as that of mingw / mingw-w64, and that there were things I couldn't use it for. If there are things that I can do with mingw / mingw-w64 that I can't do with pthreads-win32, have those restrictions been relaxed with winpthreads? Thanks. K. Frank ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer -- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! And you'll get a free "Love Thy Logs" t-shirt when you download Logger. Secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsisghtdev2dev _______________________________________________ Mingw-w64-public mailing list Mingw-w64-public@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-w64-public
