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Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 11:20:30 -0400
From: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
To: William Gacquer <wgacquer AT ubisoft DOT fr>
Cc: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
Subject: Re: Visual Studio Makefiles
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In-Reply-To: <C909A156E356D2119F1300A0C9CE774801D80A86@SRVMAIL_FR>; from William Gacquer on Fri, Jun 11, 1999 at 09:54:09AM +0200

On Fri, Jun 11, 1999 at 09:54:09AM +0200, William Gacquer wrote:
>Hi everyone!
>	It seems to me that EGCS/gcc is slowly but firmly conquering the
>win32 platforms. I use cygwin everyday since 1997 and I am more and more
>happy with it. Now I see that a real synergy exists around this project (eg.
>XFree86 port).
>	But usual win32 developers do use Visual C++ instead of gcc. I think
>that we should think at creating a makefile converter (from Visual projects
>to GNU makefiles and vice-versa). Who feels OK with me and wants to be part
>of the project?

This sound like an excellent idea to me.  If you succeed in this, I'd
like to include it in future cygwin releases.

-chris

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