2014-09-02 16:47 GMT+02:00 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>:

What would be the reasons for anyone to switch from MSYS to MSYS2?

To switch ? I don't know. I have installed MSYS2+MINGW64 because it was newer, very easy to install and use, and provided 64bits gcc.
Up to now, it has been proven reliable. This bug is recent (afaik). I hope it will be solved soon, but it doesn't preventĀ 
Emacs to run fine.

Fabrice