Re: mingw-get GUI

On 28/01/13 21:36, Erwin Waterlander wrote:
> Keith Marshall schreef, Op 28-1-2013 21:26:
>> [*] I'm assuming that you are not using the GUI snapshot of mingw-get,
>> which I posted just before Christmas. Only 10 users (worldwide) have
>> shown sufficient interest to download, and not a single comment! Very
>> discouraging; I almost wonder if it's worth progressing it further.
>
> I think it is not visible to most people. I missed it.

It was a development snapshot, on sf.net/u/keithmarshall, with a public 
announcement on MinGW-Users, to gauge user interest.

> Where can I get it?

http://sourceforge.net/projects/keithmarshall.u/files/mingw-get/mingw-get-0.6-mingw32-hg-20121224-1-bxz.zip/download

Unzip that into your MinGW root, (assuming CLI mingw-get itself uses 
that same root), then run

   $ mingw-get install mingw-get-gui

> Perhaps there should be a direct link on the front page mingw.org (like
> setup.exe on Cygwin's page).

Eventually, yes, but we're not ready for that yet.

> And the Download button on sourceforge/projects/mingw could point to
> mingw-get gui instead of mingw-get-inst.

Ultimately, it will point to mingw-get-setup.exe, (a UPX packed .exe, 
with much tighter integration with mingw-get itself, than we currently 
have with mingw-get-inst), but again, we're not ready for that yet.

> On page http://www.mingw.org/wiki/Getting_Started the section "Graphical
> User Interface Installer" points to mingw-get-inst instead of a
> mingw-get gui.

Which remains the preferred method, for normal users; I had hoped, 
however, that there would be some willing to evaluate snapshots, and 
more importantly, offer critique.

> On page http://www.mingw.org/wiki/InstallationHOWTOforMinGW I would
> totally remove the section "Manual Installation". Only point to
> mingw-get (gui). Manual installation is of the past.

Agreed.  Only use of mingw-get should be documented there.  However, for 
now that must still cover only the CLI variant; documentation of the GUI 
can follow when it matures sufficiently.

-- 
Regards,
Keith.

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