Re: [AD] Allegro 4.2.0

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> The allegro-dlls package should just die a horrible death. It is not
> what you think it is...
>
> It is a mix between a binary and source distribution of Allegro. It
> was intended for MSVC users who didn't want to download MinGW to build
> Allegro. You are supposed to download the source, then download the
> "allegro-dll" package on top of that. It comes with a batch file that
> builds Allegro libs, examples, etc.
>
> It should have never been made, as people unwilling to download MinGW
> should just have to use a binary package. As it is now, the "dll"
> package is not maintained nor will it probably ever be again. I'd just
> hide it from the main page if possible.

Makes sense, I'll do that.

Evert




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