Re: mingw build?

[Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso]

On 8 June 2011 16:11, fork <address@hidden> wrote:
> ... does anyone know when the next mingw standalone build will come out?

I have never attempted to do so, and last time I touched Windows was
approximately a decade ago, but the people who have tried have
reported that building Octave on Windows is no small task. The people
who had been working on it have been very quiet. So as to when the
next mingw build will come out... Probably not soon unless you help.

> On a sort of related note, maybe someone could put a build environment on 
> github
> or savannah so us newbie hackers might try our hand at making a windows build
> ourselves?  As it is, I have no idea where to even start.

Benjamin Lindner put that stuff up in the 'Forge website:

     
http://octave.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/octave/trunk/octave-forge/admin/Windows/mingw32/HOWTO.txt

> Thanks for your all's patience, and if there is some way I can help in my very
> amateur way, let me know.

Can you help with money? Ask your employer. Explain how paying for
Octave makes a lot more sense than paying for Matlab because Octave's
price is bound to be lower, and you can actually get paid support for
Octave (Matlab's license explicity disavows any liability or support).
If Octave is important for your work, your employer should be able to
see the value in paying for it.

- Jordi G. H.