microsoft / microsoft/winget-pkgs
[Package Request]: mingw-w64
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Description
How can we help?
I would like someone else to build the manifest.
Please read and ensure the following
- The installer meets the above requirements
Please provide the following information
Download Page Url: https://www.mingw-w64.org/downloads/, https://www.msys2.org/
Package Name: mingw-w64
Description: mingw gcc compilers for windows
Installer URL: https://github.com/msys2/msys2-installer/releases/download/2023-07-18/msys2-x86_64-20230718.exe
Right now installing mingw on Windows is a bear.
No, this does not meet the above requirements, but some cross collaboration between the MSYS2 and Winget teams would be really helpful.
Every other platform has a standard package manager that can install gcc. IMO, Windows really needs this.
Currently, we have to install a completely different package manager to get it installed... it's a lot of hoops to jump through just to compile some code.
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Review the package request, the linked mingw-w64 and MSYS2 download pages, and the supplied MSYS2 installer URL first. The issue does not name a manifest file, test, or settled implementation path; completion would require determining whether MSYS2 and Winget can support an acceptable mingw-w64 package manifest.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100