Re[2]: Compiling for Windows [Was: argv revisited]

[Lucas Levrel <llevrel yahoo fr>]

Le 3 mai 2016, Andrew Robinson a écrit :

> > > Is it really necessary for every Windows application bundle to ship its
> > > own copy of GTK+?
>
> > By default MXE links statically. So you don't have any dll to bundle with
> > your app. In such circumstances, what does LGPL say? Do you still have to
> > provide the GTK source code (given that you don't distribute GTK libs)?
>
> Well I can't ship MSYS2 and MXE with my application, and I most certainly
> can't sell any application to grandma and grandpa, if it requires instructions
> on how to install MSYS2 and MXE just so you can run my application.

I really don't understand why you say this. As its name says, MXE is a 
compiling environment. Would you ship your assembler with your executable?


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Lucas Levrel