Why is the latest MinGW gcc version 6.3.0
I'm getting MinGW from https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/ which I need for mingw32-gcc.exe for compiling LuaRocks packages, so I can't really use Mingw-w64.
The latest version from the Installation Manager seems to be on 6.3.0, but I also previously had 8.2.0 from around 2019. Why does it give me an older version?
PS C:\Users\Ketho> mingw32-gcc --version
mingw32-gcc.exe (MinGW.org GCC-6.3.0-1) 6.3.0
Copyright (C) 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
PS C:\Users\Ketho> mingw32-gcc --version
mingw32-gcc.exe (MinGW.org GCC-8.2.0-3) 8.2.0
Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
The MinGW project seems to have stayed behind somewhat on development.
But in the meantime the MinGW-w64 project, which is a fork of the original MinGW, has been actively developed recently. It supports both Windows 32-bit and Windows 64-bit.
I recommend switching to MinGW-w64 entirely.
The latest GCC compiler built against the latest MinGW-w64 can be downloaded from https://winlibs.com/ as a standalone package.
If you use MSYS2 shell you can also install MinGW-w64 via its package manager pacman.
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