Re: Adding Cygwin and MSYS2 to DEPENDENCIES

[Bruno Haible]

Hi Collin,

> I read the emails you sent and INSTALL.windows in gettext. How about
> this revised version based on that information?
> 
> Since Cygwin is preferred we can just have a single section for that.
> Mention explicitly that it is preferred over MSYS2.

Pretty good already.

> diff --git a/DEPENDENCIES b/DEPENDENCIES
> index b700c05bc6..9bb66fbcd9 100644
> --- a/DEPENDENCIES
> +++ b/DEPENDENCIES
> @@ -197,3 +197,13 @@ at any time.
>      https://www.gnu.org/software/tar/
>    + Download:
>      https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/tar/
> +
> +* Cygwin
> +  + Optional. Needed only for Windows users.
> +    Provides a POSIX-like environment and binary packages necessary to
> +    build and run software. Native Windows binaries can be built with
> +    a packaged mingw tool chain. This method is preferred over MSYS2.
> +  + Homepage:
> +    https://cygwin.com/
> +  + Download:
> +    https://cygwin.com/install.html

I would additionally format it as a subsection, so that it clearly stands
out from the rest:

Prerequisites needed on specific platforms
==========================================

Prerequisites on Windows
------------------------

* Cygwin
  + Required.
    Provides ...
  ...


Bruno