On 11.06.2015 15:44, anatoly techtonik wrote: > On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 9:22 PM, Emmanuele Bassi wrote: >> Developers using the G* core platform libraries on Windows are >> strongly encouraged to use the MSYS2 distribution: >> >> https://msys2.github.io/ > > Like Git? Ship 200Mb of "additional value" on top? Just for comparison > Mercurial installation is 37Mb compared with 267Mb of Git. And that for > every GTK application? 1) *developers*, not *users*. There is no consensus on how users should get their applications (repositories vs single binary vs installers vs bundles), it's up to the developer. 2) Noone forces you to install git, AFAIU. MSYS2 core + the package manager are (hopefully) much smaller than 200Mb. > >> This will provide you with pre-built packages that are known to work >> and maintained. It also allows you to build your own packages on top >> of it, and create an installer from the result. > > Can GTK be cross-compiled for Windows? It should be possible. -- O< ascii ribbon - stop html email! - www.asciiribbon.org
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