From: Ryan Leavengood <leavengood@...>
Date: 2006-05-24T23:31:11+09:00
Subject: Re: Proposing: A new Ruby Windows installer

On 5/24/06, ara.t.howard@noaa.gov <ara.t.howard@noaa.gov> wrote:
>
> why not compile ruby with msys so that windows users can install extensions
> like the rest of the ruby world?  it always seems strange to me that ruby's
> built-in extension creation does not work on windows...
>
> anyhow, not wanting to look a gift horse in the mouth, but why not msys?

We do not compile Ruby ourselves, but use the compiled version provided here:

http://www.garbagecollect.jp/ruby/mswin32/en/download/release.html

It seems they use VC6 to compile this, so we must use it as well for extensions.

I'll let Curt explain why this particular version is used, because I
do not know.

Ryan