Well, building GIMP/Windows so that GIMP can be run isn't that complicated -
It is for folks using Visual Studio - which (all free software stuff aside) is the standard for development on Windows. If you want people developing on GIMP/Windows (which would also mean GIMP in general), you need VC projects.
Sure, building from CygWin and MinGW are nice - but that's not how folks work in the real world...
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