Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=673784 --- Comment #5 from Erik van Pienbroek <erik-fedora@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 2011-01-30 13:35:51 EST --- As mentioned on the link in the initial message the plan is to rename all current mingw32-* package to cross-*. The idea behind this is that packagers can maintain packages for multiple targets using a single spec file. Initially we will support the Win32 and Win64 targets in this framework, but support for Mac OS X can be added quite easily (it has been proven to work in a testing repository, see the link in the initial message for more about that) I'm okay with using a different prefix like the crossdesktop-* which Richard suggested if you prefer that The target name x86_64-w64-mingw32 might look a bit odd for outsiders, but it's the default target name used by the mingw-w64 developers. I just dropped the question about the history behind that name in the #mingw-w64 IRC channel and I got multiple answers back. The main reason is compatibility. Think about the autotools where a large amount of checks look for the term 'mingw32' in the target to find out whether the target is a MS Windows one. When the 'w64' part in the target name is used certain compiler features become available like unicode startup (important for kernel-mode drivers and unicode features apps) and more. More details about this can also be found at https://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/mingw-w64/wiki/Feature%20list and http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/217754 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ package-review mailing list package-review@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/package-review