On 12/12/2011 06:43 AM, Mark Cave-Ayland wrote:
>>> configuration, it seems to me that it would be fine to commit a patch
>>> that made everything work, but for the compiler bug. We could refrain
>>> from stating that we officially support that configuration until the
>>> compiler bug is fixed, or even document the existence of the bug. We
>>> can't be responsible for other people's broken code, but I don't
>>> necessarily see that as a reason not to commit a prerequisite patch.
>>> Otherwise, as you say, there's a chicken-and-egg problem, and who does
>>> that help?
>>>
>>
>>
>> Yeah, fair enough. I'll work on that.
> If we're talking about adding support for a previously-unsupported
>
> Definitely do this (and then file a bug report with the project). I've
> worked with both Kai and NightStrike from the MingW-W64 project to fix
> previous bugs, and as long as they can build the offending source
> themselves then they are very helpful and quick to respond.
>
>
>
Done and done (see
<https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3458244&group_id=202880&atid=983354>).
cheers
andrew
