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From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: Ric Li <ricmli@outlook.com>
Cc: dev@dpdk.org, Dmitry Kozlyuk <dmitry.kozliuk@gmail.com>,
	Narcisa Ana Maria Vasile <navasile@linux.microsoft.com>,
	Dmitry Malloy <dmitrym@microsoft.com>,
	Pallavi Kadam <pallavi.kadam@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] doc: add MSYS2 building guide
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2024 11:08:11 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20241007110811.55bacebd@hermes.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <TYAP286MB0300BD6482688AB48167BDB7CCF5A@TYAP286MB0300.JPNP286.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>

On Sat, 16 Sep 2023 21:15:20 +0800
Ric Li <ricmli@outlook.com> wrote:

> Introduce guide for using MSYS2 to build DPDK on Windows.
> MSYS2 provides a Unix-like environment on Windows and
> its package manager simplifies tool and dependency
> installation, aiding Linux program migration.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ric Li <ricmli@outlook.com>

I don't think this ever got accepted, because adding a third way to
build on Windows, just adds complexity (never gets tested by CI),
without a lot of benefit to end users.

If it gets added to the documentation, it has to be continuously
tested or it will get broken.

      reply	other threads:[~2024-10-07 18:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <20230916131521.2217-1-ricmli@outlook.com>
2023-09-16 13:15 ` Ric Li
2024-10-07 18:08   ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]

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