Brecht Sanders

For speed testing purposes I have just made this release (it reverts binutils back to the previous version): https://github.com/brechtsanders/winlibs_mingw/releases/tag/12.2.1-snapshot20221126-10.0.0-msvcrt-r1 Can you try if this version works faster for you?

I was able to build the version with precompiled headers enabled. Can you compare speed again? https://github.com/brechtsanders/winlibs_mingw/releases/tag/12.2.1-snapshot20221126-10.0.0-msvcrt-r2

A good next step would be to compare outputs of `gcc -v` to find out where the difference lies.

I have tried to patch the PCH issue according to MSYS2's patches. Can you please check if the [new release](https://github.com/brechtsanders/winlibs_mingw/releases/tag/12.2.0-15.0.6-10.0.0-msvcrt-r3) fixes any PCH and/or C++ compilation speed issues?

@term-est Are you specifically referring to yesterday's build? I also had the impression it was working smoother. I have a feeling things got slower since [this issue](https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=105506), and yesterday's build...

I'm not sure what caused it. I keep improving the build process with each version, but also each version uses the latest version of all dependencies, so the issue may...

For speed testing purposes I have just made this release (it reverts binutils back to the previous version): https://github.com/brechtsanders/winlibs_mingw/releases/tag/12.2.1-snapshot20221126-10.0.0-msvcrt-r1 Can you try if this version works faster for you?

I was able to build the version with precompiled headers enabled. Can you compare speed again? https://github.com/brechtsanders/winlibs_mingw/releases/tag/12.2.1-snapshot20221126-10.0.0-msvcrt-r2

I have tried to patch the PCH issue according to MSYS2's patches. Can you please check if the [new release](https://github.com/brechtsanders/winlibs_mingw/releases/tag/12.2.0-15.0.6-10.0.0-msvcrt-r3) fixes any PCH and/or C++ compilation speed issues?

@xamidi Thanks for testing. Is the delay in compilation, linking or both? Because besides GCC C++ precompiled header issues I also think there are binutils (`ld`) speed issues. What was...