[ruby-core:111764] [Ruby master Bug#19325] Windows support lacking.

Issue #19325 has been updated by mame (Yusuke Endoh). Tracker changed from Feature to Bug Backport set to 2.7: UNKNOWN, 3.0: UNKNOWN, 3.1: UNKNOWN, 3.2: UNKNOWN dsisnero (Dominic Sisneros) wrote: Well, you can build Ruby using VC++, nmake, etc, without msys2. Here is an instruction. https://github.com/ruby/ruby/blob/master/win32/README.win32 There is an unofficial but more detailed document in Japanese, which uses vcpkg, etc. https://gist.github.com/unak/54d68e1b7b96864457c116123a75eace Actually, as far as I know, it is a more recommended way to use Ruby in Windows than msys2. However, RubyInstaller uses the msys2 version. This is my guess, but since many gems do not support Windows, an emulation layer like msys2 will eventually be needed for practical use. This is not going to solve this situation by making a request to Ruby itself. ---------------------------------------- Bug #19325: Windows support lacking. https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/19325#change-101169 * Author: dsisnero (Dominic Sisneros) * Status: Assigned * Priority: Normal * Assignee: yjit * Backport: 2.7: UNKNOWN, 3.0: UNKNOWN, 3.1: UNKNOWN, 3.2: UNKNOWN ---------------------------------------- Ruby's support on windows has always been second class. With some of the recent decisions, windows support is falling even more behind. Recent developments in mjit and yjit that exclude windows are two glaring issues that should be corrected. Googling 'percent of windows vs other operating systems' and it shows windows has a share of 76%. Ceding that users to python and other programming languages has to be one of the reasons python continues get more market share from ruby. With rust having first class windows support and threading support, is there a reason why yjit is not able to work on windows? Also, windows compiler support has matured enough and vcpkg support has evolved enough that it seems it should be possible to finally get a ruby version without having to use msys2. Even Crystal language has a version that runs on windows without needing msys2. -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/