Re: Discontinuing Windows Builds

[Adrian Custer <acuster gmail com>]

On 8/24/14 11:42 PM, Morten Welinder wrote:
> I have decided to stop releasing and distributing Windows binaries of Gnumeric.
>
> The main reason is that I am uncomfortable with crash reports I see --
> crashes that are unlikely to be the fault of Gnumeric, but rather
> something in Gtk+ and lower.  I haven't observed these crashes myself
> (not that I use the Windows builds much) thus making it very hard for
> me to debug.
>
> A side reason is that no-one in the Windows world has ever stepped
> forward with skill and time.  I really have very little out of
> creating these binaries, so unless it mostly can take care of itself
> then I am not terribly interested.
>
> Volunteers are welcome to pick up where I left it.  All source code
> and build scripts needed are in the git repository.  This is not for
> the faint of heart.
>
> Morten
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Hey Morten,

Thanks for the windows builds you did create over the past years. On 
occasion, they did help me help others: when confronted with other 
user's windows machines and once, via WINE, on a Mac. There's something 
to be said for the single file format of distribution where all 
dependencies are bundled in---heavy but particularly effective and 
noninvasive.

Anyhow, thanks again,
  ~adrian