April 2026 monthly summary for msys2/MINGW-packages: Delivered a major modernization of packaging and toolchains, improved build stability, and advanced Windows performance. Key changes include removing the broken editorconfig-qtcreator, dropping the Qt5 variant of qtkeychain, implementing Arch-like Mingw32 packaging by splitting packages and removing LTO/Fortran, and a comprehensive toolchain refresh (mingw-w64 up to 14.0.0 across multiple revisions and MinGW-w64 14.0.0.r11). In addition, Windows IO performance was boosted by enabling io_uring and cpp_winrt in qt6-base, with supporting updates to LLVM, Pyside6, and related libraries to maintain compatibility with recent OSL/Blender work.

March 2026 performance summary for msys2/MINGW-packages focusing on delivering a modernized LLVM/Qt6 toolchain, expanded platform support, and build-system modernization.

February 2026 monthly summary focusing on key accomplishments and business value across the msys2/MINGW-packages repo.

January 2026 performance summary for msys2/MINGW-packages. Delivered a set of platform-wide updates to modernize toolchains, improve build reliability, and expand language/tooling support. Notable feature deliveries include VLC updated to 3.0.23; ncurses updated to 6.6 with PCRE2; Mesa updated to 25.3.3; and Qt ecosystem upgrades with Qt6 as the default. Enhanced packaging and build-system robustness included enabling dynamic linking for C3C across environments and enabling clang-based environments for multiple packages. Additional scope covered updates to core scientific libraries and new/updated packages (e.g., QGIS, ONNX, Flameshot, Unicorn) and targeted build fixes to improve cross-compiler compatibility.

2025-12 monthly summary for msys2/MINGW-packages: Modernized the scientific stack with a focus on accuracy, performance, and build stability to support downstream workloads and reproducibility. Delivered coordinated updates across multiple core packages (quantum chemistry suite, libraries, and acceleration components), introduced performance improvements via new libraries, and reinforced compatibility with evolving toolchains through targeted rebuilds and backports. These changes reduce maintenance risk, enable faster simulations, and improve reliability for users relying on updated scientific workflows.

November 2025 — msys2/MINGW-packages monthly performance summary Overview: - Delivered a comprehensive platform refresh across the Qt and core toolchain stacks, extensive library updates, and packaging reliability enhancements. The work improved build fidelity, downstream compatibility, and overall maintenance efficiency for the MSYS2/MINGW ecosystem. Key features delivered: - Qt 5.15.18 upgrade across qt5, qt5-static, qt5-doc, and pyside2, with packaging link fixes. Notable commits include: 1aa81484e7724d0a28cb9089686524da7fc65900; f15b08f32cb436b2eadf6514a546f838622cab5b; d2837ef99457f0c204370bfd6e9ba2bdcd2f9607; 13cd9775d17f832952c0ad77711d51edddbe213e; c90f11f5014466fa050482a88da3a37dff62cf9e. - ICU 78 upgrade and dependent rebuilds to icu-78.x, ensuring compatibility across dependent packages. Commits: 051f56830ec5a4bcc8c8541c0a56424006523c99; 9f888f32ed2c9d04e2221aaf8785ee5f81722c1a. - Qt6 upgrade to 6.10.1 across modules (qt6, qt6-static, qt6-doc, pyside6, qt-creator), enabling modern Qt tooling. Commits: f41b35ca9fbc353b2658083b11503a13933fb1d4; d2d6a1b758c49b7e58b0459a2d8d6de52faabc17; 933f516f2eb7f740b1210b977d852cc41209ae32; 6b7f024e65747cbb14121da09212d374ef7ce0ab; 04b271f95e3c2ee870e7dc6d0b6fda16a178e5ef. - Dependency stability and build hygiene: GW dependencies fixed; FLANN and Trilinos dependency fixes; OpenCV build fix with eigen3 5.0; and removal of obsolete FFmpeg 7.1. Commits: a72a8057bd50bf294f1d3477ecaa714046cb4439; 93fdd34bb3bbdab61abff3ed726b0a31e03d156b; c3d0646e7683524a6c28eb3923aaa5b103eff8d3; a617c25b2820c93fde3a0cf0b291d4e994c08cf7; 51eeb38fa1eca41e41ef63f5f62400cf98e38178. - New/updated packages and libraries to modern baselines and improved downstream compatibility, including JKQTPlotter 4.0.3.r680 (new package), OpenTurns 1.25, VTK rebuild against OpenTurns 1.25, HDF5 2.0.0, Avogadro 1.101.0/1.102.1, GGML/Llama.cpp/Whisper.cpp updates, and related ecosystem updates. Notable commits include: c168eaa07f79f270ba57569fa4fcfdcc965a9382; 9db38bf6c2afffb92b07e79d38000fcf20f70530; 3a2149eeefd9c0a8781fa0bb8fe7ef332012cc4f; 42462f2a28b1a16b84197975a7b41e1e7a123f52; 9cc27307a8f9a1cea98eb8ec8cc4cdb1bab6276a; 4b29e68376c935496d8b3eb4f78f01ce28eded5d; 346116e405d685001bdc6ffd3d7d8d6f0a882fe8; fa733717f6cfbe463b3342070bb25fc80eda8946; 4b7e75e38bf04b5b29c7ec7937b34b67b5c776ca; 4c63efeea963dc556da081496fe62817317e9381; cc432483618a050ce2631df61f4507e48b45ba95; b1fe9815fc32d1c7a52bb24e5adf82a4e9e7dac7; b66bbb7b4e6d3f855d87f77fe1deb02196406182; a2f0832d36cd0d1be71aed63f8d36e433fecaff6; 2866153c4ec21b59cc1be0f2f8edf04816420e66; 9db38bf6c2afffb92b07e79d38000fcf20f70530; 3a2149eeefd9c0a8781fa0bb8fe7ef332012cc4f; c168eaa07f79f270ba57569fa4fcfdcc965a9382; 33fa10ce2e930aa3b96ae776fe027ee612763b45; 91ab95e3ca9e5314150dbc3ebf3306794de6d90f; 346116e405d685001bdc6ffd3d7d8d6f0a882fe8; fa733717f6cfbe463b3342070bb25fc80eda8946; 4b7e75e38bf04b5b29c7ec7937b34b67b5c776ca; 4c63efeea963dc556da081496fe62817317e9381; cc432483618a050ce2631df61f4507e48b45ba95; b1fe9815fc32d1c7a52bb24e5adf82a4e9e7dac7; b66bbb7b4e6d3f855d87f77fe1deb02196406182; a2f0832d36cd0d1be71aed63f8d36e433fecaff6; 2866153c4ec21b59cc1be0f2f8edf04816420e66; 9db38bf6c2afffb92b07e79d38000fcf20f70530. Impact: - The refreshed baseline reduces fragmentation across the packaging surface, increases reliability of Windows/MSYS2 builds, and accelerates downstream consumer adoption by providing newer, supported toolchains. This minimizes maintenance toil and reduces churn in CI workflows. Technologies and skills demonstrated: - Large-scale dependency management across a single repository (Qt5/Qt6, ICU, OpenCV, HDF5, Avogadro, VTK, GGML, LLaMA, Whisper, etc.). - Cross-module packaging engineering (PKGBUILD, CMake coordination, fmt/eigen3 compatibility, packaging link fixes). - Windows/MSYS2 build systems, cross-toolchains and compatibility testing, and coordination with downstream consumers. - Strong focus on business value: compatibility, stability, and speed to update for downstream projects and CI integrations.

October 2025 (msys2/MINGW-packages) delivered a focused set of feature enhancements, critical dependency upgrades, toolchain compatibility fixes, and stability improvements across the core packaging ecosystem. Key outcomes include improved performance and compatibility from core dependency upgrades (ggml: update to 0.9.4; llama.cpp: update to b6646; whisper.cpp: update to 1.8.0), broader compiler/toolchain support (gcc-15, CMake-4) ensuring builds succeed on the latest environments, and expanded Python tooling for data science and development workflows (see Python tooling updates). Packaging and integrity improvements enhanced package reliability, while Qt/PyQt/PySide and related UI/tooling stacks were modernized to support modern UI workflows. Specific delivered items include: - Dependency upgrades across ML and AI components to latest stable versions. - Build/Compiler Compatibility Fixes across gtk2, gtkglext, libnotify, cogl, libgxps, gdbm, goocanvas, global, liblqr, and more to enable builds with gcc-15 and newer toolchains. - Packaging and integrity fixes addressing checksums and makedepends naming (eog, libgit2-glib). - Python tooling ecosystem updates: python-spyder-kernels 3.1.0; python-spyder 6.1.0; python-lsp-server 1.13.1; new package python-lsp-ruff 2.3.0. - Krita build compatibility updates for eigen3-5 and libcxx-21; lua-lgi pkgconf fix; gettext runtime rebuild without DllMain; lldb pkgrel reset; evince typo fix; drop mingw32 subset. - Qt6/Qt-related updates: Qt6 base and docs updated to 6.10.0; PyQt6 rebuild against Qt 6.10; PySide6 updated to 6.10.0; Qt Creator updated to 17.0.2; additional UI/tooling upgrades (GammaRay, HandBrake 1.10.2). - Onto new/framework updates: ONNX 1.19.1 with dependency fixes; Ollama 0.12.6; geocode-glib with libsoup3; libgweather 4.4.4; lldb and opencascade compatibility fixes; ffmpeg-8 compatibility adjustments and removal of ffmpeg4.4. - Other stability work: drop of mingw32 in selected packages; Misc fixes in evince, openCASCADE, and related packages to ensure smoother downstream packaging experience. Overall, October strengthened build reliability, cut downstream maintenance costs, and expanded the toolchain coverage to support modern development workflows, delivering tangible business value for developers and end-users.

Month: 2025-09 — This month delivered a refreshed, production-ready toolchain in msys2/MINGW-packages and strengthened cross-repo integration for hardware design and multimedia workloads. Core efforts focused on upgrading the LLVM ecosystem to 21.x with associated SPIR-V tooling, enabling GHDL support, enabling a broader HDL workflow via Yosys, and expanding the software stack to current library versions to support ongoing development and production deployments.

2025-08 Monthly Summary (msys2/MINGW-packages): Key features delivered: LAMMPS package upgraded to 20250722 to incorporate latest features and fixes; Major bugs fixed: Precice PKGBUILD corrected to build with libxml2 2.14. Overall impact: improved build reliability and compatibility for Precice users, smoother access to updated LAMMPS, and reduced maintenance risk by aligning packages with upstream releases. Technologies/skills demonstrated: PKGBUILD packaging, version management, patch integration, dependency handling, and release-script alignment. Business value: higher stability for user deployments, reduced support needs, and faster delivery of updated libraries.

July 2025 monthly performance summary focusing on delivering business value through targeted package updates and essential build stabilizations across the msys2/MINGW-packages and QGIS repositories. Key outcomes include multi-package version upgrades for core components, cross-architecture and cross-compiler build fixes, and improvements to packaging quality and traceability.

June 2025 focused on stabilizing builds for the latest toolchains (gcc-15, mingw-w64-clang) and delivering core packaging improvements, while updating key libraries to support downstream workloads. The work executed on msys2/MINGW-packages delivered tangible business value by increasing build reliability, enabling downstream projects to target newer compilers, and expanding standardized packaging practices across a broad set of packages.

May 2025 (msys2/MINGW-packages) - Delivered broad dependency modernization, new packages, and targeted build fixes that improve stability, cross-platform compatibility, and developer velocity. Core dependencies were upgraded to latest stable versions, new packages were introduced, and packaging hygiene was tightened to reduce maintenance overhead and user confusion. Build and CI reliability improved across toolchains (gcc-15, clang) and CMake-4, with fixes across multiple packages that previously blocked clean builds. The changes deliver direct business value by enhancing security, performance, and ecosystem support for downstream projects.

April 2025 highlights for msys2/MINGW-packages: Modernization and reliability improvements across the Qt/graphics stack, ARM64 build enablement, and updated toolchains. Notable features include moving MathGL to Qt6 and updating to Qt6.9.0, and comprehensive dependency upgrades (codeblocks, vtk, boost, mathgl, paraview, protobuf-c, OpenSSL 3.5.0, ICU 77.1). Major bug fixes addressed Mingw32 compatibility for OpenBLAS/GEGL/GIMP dependencies, Skia/clang-20 build fixes, and GCC-15.1.0 related issues, with further deprecations aligned (drop Qt5 from mingw32). The result is improved platform stability, security posture, and faster enablement of downstream projects.

March 2025 monthly summary for msys2/MINGW-packages. This period focused on modernizing the toolchain, expanding multi-architecture support, and strengthening the package ecosystem to improve performance, stability, and AI/ML workflow readiness. Key efforts include upgrading the LLVM-based toolchain to 20.1.0 across core components, enabling per-arch Fortran in HDF5 and multi-arch support for FGSL, and integrating system-ggml for AI workloads. The release also advances ECCODES to 2.40.0, updates the SPIR-V/GLSL stack, and refreshes Mesa to 25.0.1 with quality/fairness fixes. In addition, several new packages and dependency-maintenance changes were introduced to reduce maintenance toil and prepare for future workloads.

February 2025 – msys2/MINGW-packages monthly summary. The month focused on expanding package coverage, modernizing the build system, and stabilizing cross‑platform support. Key features were delivered across new packages, updated toolchains, and targeted build/maintenance improvements, delivering tangible business value to downstream users and packaging reliability. Key features delivered: - Added seven new packages: multicharge 0.3.0, dftd4 3.7.0, json-fortran 9.0.2, libnegf 1.1.3, tblite 0.4.0, dftbplus 24.1, and onnx 1.17.0. - Updated PyQt ecosystem and SIPs to latest: pyqt-builder 1.18.0, pyqt5-sip 12.17.0, pyqt6-sip 13.10.0, and sip 6.10.0. - Fortran/ARM64 build improvements: adjusted clang-arm64 flags, enabling clang64/clangarm64 where appropriate and disabling clang-arm64 where required for Fortran packages. - Platform/stack upgrades: GROMACS updated to 2025.0; Orcus 0.20.0; Ixion 0.20.0; mdds 3.0.0; Mesa 25.0.0; LLVM 16; cmake 4.0.0; gettext 0.24; gtest 1.16.0; qgis 3.42.0; armadillo 14.4.0; libclc 20.1.0. - LabPlot and related dependencies: LabPlot rebuilt against Orcus 0.20 and Ixion 0.20; LabPlot packaging updated to 2.11.1 with dependency alignment. - Dependency and build-system hygiene: updated an array of core/build tools; dropped some mingw32 dependencies (qt5 packages, libva-utils) to simplify maintenance; KiCad/clangarm64 adjustments to reduce build failures; backported libuv Windows 1607 fix. Major bugs fixed and quality improvements: - netcdf: fixed CMake config file; netcdf updated to 4.9.3. - Fortran/clang build issues resolved (flang-related fixes for mctc-lib). - NFC: standardized PKGBUILDs by replacing tabs with spaces; Mopac description corrected. - libheif/libavif: builds adjusted to omit rav1e on mingw32; JPEG/OpenJPEG encoders restoration in libheif; drmingw and markdown conflicts addressed to avoid package clashes. - Misc: drop mingw32 support on several libraries to streamline maintenance; enable/disable specific tooling flags to improve cross-architecture reliability. Overall impact and accomplishments: - Significantly expanded the package catalog while stabilizing cross‑platform builds, reducing maintenance burden through targeted cleanup, and aligning toolchains to current standards. These changes improve downstream usability, security, and performance, enabling users to rely on up‑to‑date packages with broader platform coverage. Technologies and skills demonstrated: - Cross‑platform packaging and build automation, dependency management at scale, modern CMake and tooling, Fortran/clang integration, PyQt/SIP ecosystem updates, and proactive maintenance practices to reduce build fragility.

January 2025 performance summary for msys2/MINGW-packages: Delivered broad modernization, cleanup, and dependency upgrades to strengthen build stability, cross-platform compatibility, and downstream business value. Key work spanned core library updates, runtime/graphics tooling, and extensive packaging improvements aligned with upstream APIs and security expectations.

December 2024: Delivered a set of targeted enhancements across the msys2/MINGW-packages repository, focusing on packaging modernization for cross-platform builds, developer tooling upgrades, and enabling llama example builds. The work reduced maintenance overhead, improved build reliability, and expanded usability for developers and users alike, while showcasing solid cross-team collaboration and careful change management.