[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] doc/platform: Add build instruction for Windows Runtime

[James Almer]

On 10/01/15 3:20 PM, wm4 wrote:
> On Sat, 10 Jan 2015 18:02:17 +0000
> Timothy Gu <timothygu99 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Sat Jan 10 2015 at 2:07:16 AM Derek Buitenhuis <
>> derek.buitenhuis at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 1/10/2015 8:43 AM, Timotius Margo wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> The attached patch updates the Platform Specific Information with build
>>> instruction for Windows Store and Windows Phone 8.1.
>>>
>>> [...]
>>>
>>>> + at heading MinGW Setup
>>>
>>> Almost whole patch is wrong (should use MSYS2), out of scope for FFmpeg,
>>> and
>>> uses the wrong title (we *do not* want MinGW here at all).
>>>
>>
>> Just because MinGW.org/MSYS is old and dead doesn't mean people don't use
>> it. So, merely changing the heading to MSYS is fine for me.
>>
> 
> Our own fault for keeping compatibility to the old MinGW?

Not really. I've compiled and used my own mingw-w64 toolchain with MSYS for the 
longest time. I'm sure lots of people are doing the same, or using precompiled 
toolchains straight from mingw-w64's website.

People using MSYS doesn't necessarily mean they are also using the dead mingw32 
project.