MinGW builds of GOffice

[Andreas Köhler <andi5 py gmx net>]

Hi,

has anyone experience with or works on building goffice (v0.7.2) using 
the MinGW compiler, tools and header files?  I have a minimal script to 
do that with v0.4.3, but the current version seems to be worse in that 
respect.

When it comes to compiling goffice/utils/go-file.c, the first error is 
about an implicit declaration of ShellExecute.  I "solved" this one by 
checking for GOFFICE_WITH_GNOME first, so that I do not have to call the 
function.  Simply including <windows.h> removes a few other complaints. 
 But then FindMimeFromData is missing and I do not know where it comes 
from.  Besides, urlmon seems to be a Visual Studio thing only as well.

I wonder whether MinGW builds are considered worthwhile from the 
gnumeric developer's point of view and how to proceed with the issue. 
Currently, I will probably have to stay with 0.4.3 :-(

Ciao,
-- andi5