From: Luis Lavena <luislavena@...>
Date: 2011-06-01T14:39:46+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:36656] Re: [ANN] about mswin32 port

On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 12:03 AM, U.Nakamura <usa@garbagecollect.jp> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I will stop the maintenance of mswin32 port at 1.9.3 release.
>
> This is not to mean Ruby throws away the code for mswin32 port.
> Because I still continue the maintenance of mswin64 port, and then
> it is expected that we will be able to build mswin32 port.
> The support level of mswin32 port becomes "Perhaps", this means.
> However, building with old compilers (such as VC6!) might gradually
> become difficult.
>
> I recommend that mswin32 port users should shift to mingw port.
> Luis is providing a good installer of mingw port, everyone knows.
>
> About mswin64 port, just like mswin32 port, I will stop the maintenance
> some day.
> I'm watching 64bit version of mingw and waiting that it will be
> steady enough.
>
>
> Of course, if someone has a strong, strong, strong intention to
> continue supporintg mswin32 port, especially building with VC6,
> the person can become a new maintainer of mswin32 port.
>
>

Thank you Mr Nakamura for so many years providing mswin32 builds,
which were the foundation of old One-Click-Installer.

Not only that, but for the continuous support and improvement of Ruby
codebase on Windows platform.

I'm personally grateful for all that, I started to use Ruby on Windows
thanks to your work.

Thank you.
-- 
Luis Lavena
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Perfection in design is achieved not when there is nothing more to add,
but rather when there is nothing more to take away.
Antoine de Saint-Exup�ry