From: Alexandru Popescu <the.mindstorm.mailinglist@...>
Date: 2006-08-31T06:09:06+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] One-Click Ruby Installer for Windows 1.8.5-21 released

On 8/30/06, Curt Hibbs <ml.chibbs@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 8/30/06, Alexandru Popescu <the.mindstorm.mailinglist@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 8/30/06, Berger, Daniel <Daniel.Berger@qwest.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > What about doing something along the lines of Strawberry Perl, i.e.
> > > bundle a compiler with the distro?
> > >
> > > http://win32.perl.org/wiki/index.php?title=Strawberry_Perl
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Dan
> > >
> >
> > Do you think you are allowed to distribute MS compiler (and the other
> > tools needed)? (cause I don't think so).
>
> No, you can't redistribute MS tools. This would only be a possibility
> is we go the MinGW route.
>
> Curt
>
>

I remember I've started a long discussion about this in the past, but
I don't know the conclusion of MinGW vs VC. Would it be possible and
how complex would be to currently move the One-Click installer from VC
to MinGW?

./alex
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