Biswapriyo Nath

Maybe try the .sfx.exe file, its a [Self Extracting Archive][1]. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-extracting_archive

Is it possible to test those packages? Do you have any projects which uses those or depends on?

If you are targeting native Windows program use mingw* or clang* environments.

Why a separate shell script to build?

As a workaround, try with ZIP file.

Is this issue fixed in binutils 2.38? The mingw binutils shows man pages correctly.

I have asked about adding pkgconfig file in gettext mailing list. It seems that the maintainer is against pkgconfig https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gettext/2022-10/msg00006.html. Though it is possible to add our own pkgconfig file...

In ideal situation, no one should feel any change in normal usage. This change should be transparent to every users.

Users don't have to do anything. The msys2 packages that you've mentioned were present since th beginning. See this page for any futher info about those packages https://packages.msys2.org/search?t=pkg&q=msys2

Do you mean like a standalone installer like GIMP or Inkscape does from msys2/mingw packages? or a pacman pacakge .tar.zst file which can be installed with `pacman -U` command?