You do a lot of philosophizing, this list (gcc) isn't really for
that, gnu.misc.discuss is the correct place. Also, please pick just
one mainline list to post to, not multiple lists.
On Aug 30, 2005, at 12:19 AM, Kai Ruottu wrote:
Recommending Cygwin for 'ordinary users' as the preferred place for
building GNU apps for Windoze, sounds weird.
Ordinary users don't post to gcc. gcc is the list for the
development of gcc, and for power users that want to ask really
obscure tricky questions. :-)
If you don't like the advice, you are free to ignore it.
This is quite the same as recommending people to build their own sport
cars from Volkswagens in garages instead of doing this in car
factories
because only real Porches will be built in factories.
Agreed. Welcome to the build-it-yourself, self-help group. If you
want a factory show-room floor, this ain't it. My mind is so limited
I just cannot grasp your point above. Is your point that you wanted
us to tell you were the new car dealer is?
If one wants to produce tens of binutils, GCCs etc. GNU stuff for the
Windoze host, the native Windoze shouldn't be the recommendation.
I don't recall anyone recommending a native Windows anything in this
thread.
Not at least when the recommendation comes from Red Hat
This list isn't for discussing what Red Hat may, or may not recommend.
or from any other Linux company. If Red Hat delivers the Cygwin
tools for only the Windoze host, what else this is than a
recommendation to use Windoze instead of their own Linux for the
Windoze target development?
Reality, customer choice, free market, pick one, or two, or three.
