Switch Windows to MinGW [was: Minutes of the ESC call 2012-08-30]

On Sat, Sep 01, 2012 at 11:20:49PM +0200, Thorsten Behrens wrote:

> * Pending Action Items
>     + 4.0 issues (Everyone)
>         + everyone interested in cleanups - claim your work until next ESC!
>             + http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/LibreOffice4
>         * review: Windows release binaries produced using MinGW

Generally, as a developer, I'd love that, because more familiar tools,
etc.

With my "Base developer" hat on, I'd say we'd need to fix this MinGW MAB,
or check it doesn't affect master:

 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43298

Best done by a Windows expert; I'll be available for help.

This one also looks nasty:

 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43315

> * QA update (Rainer)
>     + HardHacks:
>       32948   Linux   Libreoffice/Database(?) - Address Book Data Source
>                        Wizard fails with message "No SDBC driver was found"
>     + 32948 Lionel?

Sent back to QA after more analysis.

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Lionel