JEP 138: Autoconf-Based Build System

[Chris Hegarty]

On 22/02/2012 10:43, Erik Joelsson wrote:
> ...
> We are trying to move to a cygwin only environment, to standardize
> around fewer environments for better supportability. We chose cygwin
> because it's free. This is of course dependent on us getting the windows
> build to be fast enough using cygwin. We will not accept build speed
> regressions.

I assume your are comparing against the current faster MKS build times, 
right? Rather than the slower cygwin build.

-Chris.

 > The problems on windows 7 are also something we need to
> take into account. We have suffered from those problems too.
>
> /Erik