[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] doc/platform: Add build instruction for Windows Runtime

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On Sat, 10 Jan 2015 18:02:17 +0000
Timothy Gu <timothygu99 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat Jan 10 2015 at 2:07:16 AM Derek Buitenhuis <
> derek.buitenhuis at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > On 1/10/2015 8:43 AM, Timotius Margo wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > The attached patch updates the Platform Specific Information with build
> > instruction for Windows Store and Windows Phone 8.1.
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > > + at heading MinGW Setup
> >
> > Almost whole patch is wrong (should use MSYS2), out of scope for FFmpeg,
> > and
> > uses the wrong title (we *do not* want MinGW here at all).
> >
> 
> Just because MinGW.org/MSYS is old and dead doesn't mean people don't use
> it. So, merely changing the heading to MSYS is fine for me.
> 

Our own fault for keeping compatibility to the old MinGW?

> >
> > It duplicates existing documention poorly or misleadingly (at worse,
> > wrongly),
> >
> 
> +1
> 
> It also seems to include hacks which should not be needed.
> >
> 
> Can't say anything about this one.
> 
> 
> >
> > If this belongs anywhere, it belongs on the wiki.
> >
> 
> This is the best solution right now. Please add your information to the
> wiki page https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/CompilationGuide/WinRT for now, and
> after we think it is good to be merged into platforms.texi we will do just
> that.
> 
> Timothy
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