← Back to context Comment by reactordev 10 days ago Just msys2 it all 18 comments reactordev Reply delta_p_delta_x 10 days ago MSYS2 is horrible. It brings a massive runtime environment and is a bad idea to foist on users. michaelsbradley 10 days ago Aren’t you thinking of Cygwin, or the MSYS2 shell (dev tooling)?The Windows-native software you build with MSYS2 can be shipped to and run by users that don’t have anything of MSYS2 installed. reactordev 10 days ago He must be thinking of Cygwin as half of this is installed when you install git ;) Git Bash, etc… 9 replies → delta_p_delta_x 10 days ago It was not clear what the parent commenter was addressing; I was under the impression they meant 'compile against the MSYS2 environment', which is broadly Cygwin, yes, which should not be forced onto a user. 5 replies →
delta_p_delta_x 10 days ago MSYS2 is horrible. It brings a massive runtime environment and is a bad idea to foist on users. michaelsbradley 10 days ago Aren’t you thinking of Cygwin, or the MSYS2 shell (dev tooling)?The Windows-native software you build with MSYS2 can be shipped to and run by users that don’t have anything of MSYS2 installed. reactordev 10 days ago He must be thinking of Cygwin as half of this is installed when you install git ;) Git Bash, etc… 9 replies → delta_p_delta_x 10 days ago It was not clear what the parent commenter was addressing; I was under the impression they meant 'compile against the MSYS2 environment', which is broadly Cygwin, yes, which should not be forced onto a user. 5 replies →
michaelsbradley 10 days ago Aren’t you thinking of Cygwin, or the MSYS2 shell (dev tooling)?The Windows-native software you build with MSYS2 can be shipped to and run by users that don’t have anything of MSYS2 installed. reactordev 10 days ago He must be thinking of Cygwin as half of this is installed when you install git ;) Git Bash, etc… 9 replies → delta_p_delta_x 10 days ago It was not clear what the parent commenter was addressing; I was under the impression they meant 'compile against the MSYS2 environment', which is broadly Cygwin, yes, which should not be forced onto a user. 5 replies →
reactordev 10 days ago He must be thinking of Cygwin as half of this is installed when you install git ;) Git Bash, etc… 9 replies →
delta_p_delta_x 10 days ago It was not clear what the parent commenter was addressing; I was under the impression they meant 'compile against the MSYS2 environment', which is broadly Cygwin, yes, which should not be forced onto a user. 5 replies →
MSYS2 is horrible. It brings a massive runtime environment and is a bad idea to foist on users.
Aren’t you thinking of Cygwin, or the MSYS2 shell (dev tooling)?
The Windows-native software you build with MSYS2 can be shipped to and run by users that don’t have anything of MSYS2 installed.
He must be thinking of Cygwin as half of this is installed when you install git ;) Git Bash, etc…
9 replies →
It was not clear what the parent commenter was addressing; I was under the impression they meant 'compile against the MSYS2 environment', which is broadly Cygwin, yes, which should not be forced onto a user.
5 replies →