This is a small repository of scripts that compile various libraries using MinGW-w64.
Compilation on Windows is a work-in-progress. mingw64-builds was originally designed as a cross-compilation repository, but its target has since switched to native compilation.
It is essentially impossible to cross-compile GObject Introspection. At some point I'll probably add a check for cross-compilation and skip GI and LGI (Lua GObject Introspection). In the meantime, support for cross-compilation is suspended.
I chose some libraries over others, what follows is a justification. Largely though, I'm using this specifically for a GPL, SDL (not SDL 2.0), C project, and that is the main justification.
SMPEG is a C++ library that even Ryan Gordon says shouldn't be used (because its threading is a mess). It's also notoriously difficult to cross-compile.
PolarSSL hasn't had large security compromises over the last couple months; OpenSSL and GnuTLS have, and if I'm going to use a TLS implementation with bugs, I want it to compile nicely and be readable.
I like that ModPlug works on Android, however, it's a C++ project and linking
it into a C project is hackish ("use g++ for linking...", just how am I
supposed to reasonably do that in any build system...?).
I've hacked a couple of libraries in order to get them to work. These hacks
can be found in patches. They're not extensive, but they are absolutely
necessary. The scripts in modules also contain various hacks. What I'm
trying to say here is, this isn't just a repo with a couple loops in bash; I
had to spend four solid days hacking libs and pulling one out for another so
that everything would work right, statically or dynamically.
If you don't mind using the GPL then yes! Otherwise you'll want to swap out PolarSSL and MAD.
You should be able to customize your configuration in config.sh. If things
go wrong, fix it and send a pull request; I'll be happy to accept improvements.