Re: Re: GIMP 2.4.4 crashes constantly

["Tor Lillqvist" <tml@xxxxxx>]

>  we have been looking for explanations to build
>  GIMP WIN , but couldn't find any : doesn't the GPL license
>  makes obligation to the GIMP development staff to
>  educate us on the way to build it ?

"development staff"...that sounds awfully corporate. You do know that
GIMP is developed actively by maybe half a dozen people at this
moment, in their spare time, do you? And those working on
Windows-specific issues are even fewer.

The GNU licenses only require the sources to be available on the same
media (or from the same distribution site) as binaries. (Or a written
offer to provide the sources.) There is no requirement to provide free
education or technical support.

That said, there is a wiki page about it,
http://wiki.gimp.org/gimp/HowToCompileGimp/MicrosoftWindows . Start
with that. The more people that can build GIMP themselves the better.
GIMP needs more developers. And it is a wiki, so feel free to improve
it.

The above page is about using the GNU toolchain ("mingw"). That is
what is used to build the GIMP in the official installer. It is also
possible to use Microsoft's toolchain to build GIMP, if you prefer. I
don't think anybody has written up any instructions for that. Ask the
GIMPVS guy?

You might also find some useful tricks on the page
http://www.go-evolution.org/Building_Evolution_on_Windows . But that
page is not GIMP-related, so you must understand yourself what is
relevant for GIMP and what is not.

If you ask specific technical questions on the gimp-developer mailing
list or in the #gimp channel on IRC (irc.gimp.org) (and not just
complain in general that you don't understand what to do), I for
instance will be glad to answer your questions. Please be patient when
waiting for somebody to reply.

Please don't use this list for development questions. This is after
all the *users* list.

--tml


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