MinGW/ReviveMinGWTasks

Introduction

Here's a list of tasks which need to be done regarding the Fedora MinGW toolchain. This list contains the packages which will need update and what exactly is needed for each of the package to be able to have it back to Fedora and/or to have it updated matching its native counter part.

TODO

• mingw-gcc:
  • Add the very same patches from its native counter-part

• mingw-libgpg-error:
  • Update to its native counter-part version

• mingw-libgcrypt:
  • Update to its native counter-part version

• mingw-gnutls:
  • Update to its native counter-part version

• mingw-gettext:
  • Update to its native counter-part version

• mingw-libssh2:
  • Update to its native counter-part version

• mingw-curl:
  • Update to its native counter-part version

• mingw-binutils:
  • Add CVE related patches from its native counter-part

• mingw-icu:
  • Add "BuildRequires: gcc-c++"
  • Update to its native counter-part version
  • Unretire the package

• mingw-libsoup:
  • Add mingw-libpsl
    • Add mingw-libunistring
  • Add mingw-brotli
  • Port to use meson
  • Update to its native counter-part version
  • Unretire the package

• (elmarco) mingw-portablexdr rhbz#1740183
  • (elmarco) checking if libtirpc could replace it: needs work upstream.