[Bug 673784] Rename Request: mingw32-filesystem -> cross-filesystem - Cross compiler base filesystem and environment

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--- Comment #7 from Richard W.M. Jones <rjones at redhat.com> 2011-01-31 06:17:04 EST ---
(In reply to comment #6)
> > I'm okay with using a different prefix like the crossdesktop-* which Richard
> > suggested if you prefer that
> 
> IMO, mingw-filesystem would be an appropriate name, because that's what it
> currently is - The rest of it is wishful thinking.

"mingw" has always been an unfortunate choice of name.  Really
the cross-compiler has very little to do with the mingw.org project.
mingw-w64 is a completely separate fork.  And there is a separate
mingw.org-related binary project which is nothing to do with us,
but people frequently get confused over the two.

And *crucially* we are adding support for Mac OS X which doesn't
use mingw at all.

This is why I'm suggesting crossdesktop-* or some other choice
which doesn't involve the 5 letters "mingw".

> > The target name x86_64-w64-mingw32 might look a bit odd for outsiders, but it's
> > the default target name used by the mingw-w64 developers.
> Well, ... this doesn't mean their decisions are wise ;)
> 
> x86_64-w64-mingw32 (cpu=x86_64, os=mingw32) is multiply problematic:
> - the "32" in mingw32 originally stood for "MinGW on 32bit Windows",
> => a 64bit MinGW for "MinGW on 64bit Windows" should be named "mingw64"
> - Configure scripts currently presume "os=mingw32" to imply 32bit MinGW.
> ...
>
> I.e. to me reasonable choices would be
> x86_64-pc-mingw + i686-pc-mingw
> or 
> x86_64-pc-mingw64 + i686-pc-mingw32

Whatever you think doesn't really matter, since this is the
choice of the mingw-w64 upstream project.  They are in a much
better situation to judge how it should work.

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