[GRASS-dev] GRASS 6.1.0 release preparation

[Markus Neteler]

On Tue, Jul 04, 2006 at 08:53:43PM +0100, Glynn Clements wrote:
> 
> Stephan Holl wrote:
> 
> > > Are the any (detailed) instructions for how to build and package
> > > a native QGIS + GRASS distribution from the regular GRASS CVS
> > > repository?
> > > 
> > > I would love to add my archaeology modules and produce a version
> > > of GRASS for my colleagues working on Win32 systems.
> > > I am sure this could hit big in a science with low budget and
> > > very specific GIS needs.
> > 
> > lemmi jump in here and give you the link to Radims detailed description
> > how to build GRASS/QGIS on windows[1].
> 
> It would be more useful to have a guide to building a native Windows
> version on Windows, rather than having to cross-compile.

Agreed. Do you have a suggestion for a free (freedom) compiler?
Maybe obvious, but I am not informed.
 
> Also, it would be useful to offer pre-compiled Windows binaries of
> essential libraries (proj, GDAL etc).

These could be published as by-product of GRASS, for now as
cross-compiled version. There is however an outstanding issue with
proj (nad2nad is not called within MinGW, so the NAD grid import fails
when cross-compiling).

Markus