[Gretl-users] Building gretl under windows: volunteers?

Something that's been floating around in my mind for a while: most people who actively work on the gretl development are Linux users: Allin, Ignacio, Cristian, myself, for instance, are all linux addicts. On the other hand, I have the feeling that most gretl users use windows as their primary environment (this is certainly true of my students). In some cases, this is a nuisance: once a Windows-only user spots a bug, he has no other choice but to report it, hoping it will be fixed soon, even if he had all the necessary skills to fix it himself. That's because up to now no-one (as far as I know) has ever tried to compile gretl under windows. Building gretl under windows is certainly possible. Unfortunately, I have no experience whatsoever with the GNU toolchain for Win32 (nor have I intention of setting up a Windows box for trying, no thanks); but I know for a fact that all the programs you need to build gretl (gcc compiler, make etc.) are available under windows; one implementation (but there may be others) can be found at http://cygwin.org. Has anyone on the list some experience with this? Riccardo `Jack' Lucchetti Dipartimento di Economia Università Politecnica delle Marche jack(a)dea.unian.it http://www.econ.univpm.it/lucchetti