[Pidgin] #849: Build error using Cygwin on Windows

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#849: Build error using Cygwin on Windows
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  Reporter:  Anpheus          |       Owner:  datallah
      Type:  defect           |      Status:  assigned
  Priority:  minor            |   Milestone:          
 Component:  winpidgin (gtk)  |     Version:  2.0     
Resolution:                   |    Keywords:  build   
   Pending:  1                |  
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Changes (by Anpheus):

  * pending:  1 => 0

Comment:

 I'm sorry if that comes off as being snide and disrespectful, I know you
 guys do this in your free time, without applause or celebration.

 I do however think for open source products to ever become as popular as
 many marketed competitive products they must meet an exceptionally high
 standard, and as such problems such as this are not only cumbersome to
 other developers but showstoppers to those who would seek to use your
 program in certain environments. Why is it that the build environment
 fetcher is an externally developed tool when it is the first method of
 building your product, and it is a product? I understand, after reading
 more about it, that it can fall out of date, and that when developers have
 an otherwise clean system it won't catch all potential problems. I had
 problems with the binutil from MinGW earlier and I had to update it, and
 that should have, but did not, tip me off that I should update all of the
 MinGW binaries.

 Unfortunately a great deal of open source tools have instructions with a
 large number of instructions which involve relying on other open source
 tools. I think that for the future development of Pidgin it would be a
 good idea to develop your own build environment fetcher and have it
 actually check whether or not the outside tools meet spec.

 Once again, sorry for appearing snide, I was in a hurry and probably
 should have foregone posting until I had more time.

 Pre-post edit: Apparently this ticket was already modified before my post,
 so I imagine I'll be hearing from you about this.

 Anpheus

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