Re: [pcp] Build/install status for 3.7.0

[Ken McDonell <kenj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > I have a Windows 8 VM there with a pre-release developer licence
> > (that
> > may or may not still work), but the biggest obstacle is there is no
> > reliable recipe for creating a build environment with MSYS et al to
> > create installable packages.
> In the interim, to catch dev branch build fallout early on (before a
> release), could a git-based (update/clone + build + raw make install)
> kind of model be utilised?  (horrible, I know)
git is not the problem.

The issue is I have no clue what pieces of MinGW/MSYS need to be 
installed where and in what order to get an "official" or even "sane" 
build environment.
I have something on _another_ Windows box that sort of works but the 
build takes many hours.  If I'm going to do this I need a "create the 
Windows build environment" recipe so I have something that is at least 
reproducible ... but that recipe does not seem to exist anywhere.