SFML 2.2 MinGW downloads clarification

[Ceylo]

Hello,

Is it possible to clarify which MinGW distribution was used to build the "GCC 4.9.2 MinGW (DW2)" download?
Currently mingw.org only ships GCC 4.8.1 so this SFML download was obviously built with another distro.

This would help me because the library I'm making is built with the original MinGW and the produced binaries are not compatible with SFML's "MinGW" binaries.

Thanks,
Ceylo

[eXpl0it3r]

I used this distro.

And yes, I've been thinking on how to make things more clear on the download website. Haven't found a satisfying way yet.

[Ceylo]

Wouldn't writing "MinGW-w64 (DW2)" instead of "MinGW (DW2)" be just fine ?

[eXpl0it3r]

It's just stupid, but there's no space left...
Additionally it's not much clearer, since there are still different revisions which may or may not be compatible.

[Ceylo]

Then what about a * detailed below the table?

[eXpl0it3r]

Yeah, I'll have to add it somewhere. I just haven't figured out a nice way.
I mean the problem isn't just with the one compiler, but we'll have to be more verbose about the others too and in addition to that, I want to make it clear, that compiler version and package have to be a perfect match.

[Jesper Juhl]

And maybe a big prominent text mentioning that compiling the library yourself with your compiler of choice instead of downloading binaries is both easy and free of a lot of potential trouble.
IMHO, downloading and compiling the source should be promoted as the hugely prefered option.

Just my $0.02

[Ceylo]

Ok. Before I try to make my library compatible with one of the 3 GCC that was used for SFML, can you tell if all 3 are planned to be kept? I would like to avoid changing the compiler support again on my side

[eXpl0it3r]

All of them will be kept, however we'll use the latest revision MinGW-w64 POSIX DW2 (rev2), as is already being used for our continuous integration.

[namosca]

Hello!!

I have just opened a post where I explain how people can stop having to care about which compiler version they are using. The title is HELP NEWBIES USING SFML WITHOUT HAVING TO CARE ABOUT COMPILATION and you can see it here:

http://en.sfml-dev.org/forums/index.php?topic=19386.0