Re: Some comments on the MSYS-based build

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>]

> Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2013 18:18:38 +0300
> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> 
> > From: Óscar Fuentes <ofv@wanadoo.es>
> > Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2013 17:03:50 +0200
> > 
> > Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> > 
> > >> > I removed the "GUI" part.
> > >> 
> > >> IMO mingw-get-inst is far more convenient than mingw-get for easily
> > >> installing the required MinGW pieces. It takes less than one minute
> > >> of human work. I'll try to submit a patch to INSTALL.MSYS explaining
> > >> where to get and how to use mingw-get-inst for building Emacs.
> > >
> > > MinGW people say that mingw-get-inst is only for installing
> > > mingw-get.  I don't think we should invent our own MinGW procedures,
> > > even if they seem to work.
> > 
> > That is a misunderstanding that results from the poor wording on the
> > mingw-get-inst description.
> 
> I'm quite sure I've read it from the MinGW maintainers.

Here, directly from the horse's mouth:

  http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=30735128

I really don't want to start contradicting what they say.