[ruby-core:32978] Re: Improve MinGW builds for Ruby 1.8.7, 1.9.2 and 1.9.3

From: Aaron Patterson <aaron@...>
Date: 2010-10-30 19:44:43 UTC
List: ruby-core #32978
On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 03:42:02AM +0900, Luis Lavena wrote:
> Hello,
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> I would like to resurrect the conversation from [ruby-core:32634],
> related to Ruby 1.9 Bug report #3889.
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> RubyInstaller depends on the successful compilation of Ruby under
> MinGW. Not only native compilation but also been able to cross-compile
> it, so Linux/OSX developers can test and create libraries for Windows
> users.
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> With that in mind and considering our previous collaborations to Ruby,
> would like to step up as maintainer of the MinGW support of Ruby main
> branches: 1.8.7, 1.9.2 and trunk.
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> Considering some of these changes could affect mswin32 and mswin64
> support, I believe sending my first commits for approval by usa and
> nobu to ruby-core before committing.
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> There are some issues in relation to MinGW support that are blockers
> for RubyInstaller.
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> Please consider my position for this role.
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> Looking forward for your answers and comments.

IMHO, RubyInstaller is *very* important to the Ruby community and we
shouldn't release a version of Ruby that can't be built as
RubyInstaller.

I think you should follow the instructions here:

  http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/wiki/8/CommitterHowto

The worst that can happen is matz says no. ;-)

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Aaron Patterson
http://tenderlovemaking.com/

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