Re: [gtk-list] Re: Windows NT port of GTK+

[fractture <fract sprintmail com>]

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> Porting glib was an evening's work.  Porting gdk looks like it will
> require a from-scratch rewrite.  Once that is done, most of gtk can be
> used without changes.  One question though: port to mingw32 or Visual
> C++?  The former is in the spirit of the of the GTK+ community, and
> would let anyone develop without invensting in VC++.  On the other
> hand, VC++ is a much nicer development environment.  (One could get it
> to build under either, but that is a bit more work).

I definately think if your going to port GTK+ it needs to be to a Gnuized
library environment+compiler like djgpp or gnu-win32!!  We want to make
porting easier, not do advertizing for some MS product.  I am all for it as
long as it doesn't rely on comercial products, especially MS's stuff.  If
someone wants to make VC++ development easier, that could be done later,...but
the first port should absolutely be to a free environment.

That is my 2c on the matter.