Re: [Mingw-cross-env-list] Status of build with shared libraries

[Peter Rockett]

On 20/10/13 06:37, Tony Theodore wrote:
> Welcome John,
>
> On 15/10/2013, at 6:16 AM, John W. Eaton <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> ...snip
> The starting point as I see it is completing the build infrastructure to handle 
> shared rules. We need to add some configuration hooks to the package rules, 
> then decide if we want to try and build the variants side-by-side. The more I 
> think about it, the more I think we should just build each variant separately -

> is anyone really going to want multiple toolchains simultaneously?

Erm... yes. For different projects. Two distinct toolchains imposes a 
maintenance  burden on users.

P.

> Once that's done, submitting patches should be fairly straightforward. I'm not 
> sure about the MSVC builds, that may require some changes to make it easier for 
> downstream modifications to be made in a way that allows upstream to be easily 
> merged.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tony