On 22/05/2019 21:45, Jacek Caban wrote:
- mingw-w64 name
There have been talks about rebranding mingw-w64 for a long time (longer than I am in joined the project). While it's a good name for a branch, an established project that is no longer related to mingw.org could have a better branding. Kai mentioned that ironcrate was considered as some point, but to my knowledge no action was taken at that time. Alexandre offered lately that Wine brand could be used for mingw-w64 as well. I personally like the idea. Wine is already well recognised brand and brings roughly right associations. So... how about WineSDK?
Based on feedback I received (both in this thread and in private channels), it's clear that it's not what community wants. I think there was a lot of confusion, mostly based on false assumption that name change implies other changes. Anyway, keeping mingw-64 name is the easiest thing to do and that's fine with me.
If anyone wants to follow up on the name, feel free. I think one idea I received that seems worth mentioning in public is maxgw.
I will follow up in other replies on other threads.
Thanks,
Jacek