[aspell-devel] Re: [Aspell-user] Need Someone to Maintain Aspell Windows Port

[Kevin Atkinson]

On Thu, 17 Apr 2008, Elizabeth M Smith wrote:

> Kevin Atkinson wrote:

> I can help with the windows port and creating binaries, I'm already
> doing windows builds of open source libraries for PHP and aspell is "on
> the list" already.

Thanks.

> Also VC6 doesn't require as many changes as you'd think - but there are
> quite a few features that are in HEAD that are windows specific that
> I've pulled back down into the branch for a windows build - such as
> enabling relocatability for the binaries and using the windows api to
> retrieve a user's home directory for personal dictionaries.
>
> I have five compiler versions - VC6, 7, 7.1, 8 (2005) and 9 (2008) so
> take your pick. And yes the 2005 and 2008 versions are superior in
> standards support and binary speed and size but remember you'll have to
> deal with runtime distribution issues if you use anything but MinGW or
> VC6 - if you use MinGW you'll have to deal with the right flags so
> people who use VC6 can build against the libs.

I am Windows ignorant.  Could you be more specific on "runtime 
distribution issues"?

> I don't, however, have time to deal with the libraries issue - you'll
> need another volunteer for that ;)

What do you mean by "libraries issue"?