doc: Added note about which MinGW package to use and where to get it.

Task-number: QTBUG-5764

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/doc/src/platforms/compiler-notes.qdoc b/doc/src/platforms/compiler-notes.qdoc
index 4577bf0..cbe5ad6 100644
--- a/doc/src/platforms/compiler-notes.qdoc
+++ b/doc/src/platforms/compiler-notes.qdoc
@@ -97,12 +97,24 @@
     \o mingw32-make 3.80.0-3
     \endlist
 
+    \note For users of the MinGW binary package: This package is now
+    based on MinGW 4.4. The installer no longer offers to download
+    MinGW for you, but rather offers to use a version of MinGW that
+    you already have installed on your machine. You just tell the
+    installer which directory MinGW is installed in. If you don't
+    already have MinGW 4.4 installed, you can download a .zip archive
+    from our \l{ftp://ftp.trolltech.com/misc/MinGW-gcc440_1.zip} {ftp
+    site}. This archive provides fixes to MinGW and support for
+    missing API, See the _patches directory in the archive for
+    details.
+
     \section2 GCC 4.0.0
 
-    The released package of the compiler has some bugs that lead to miscompilations.
-    We recommend using GCC 4.0.1 or later, or to use a recent CVS snapshot of the
-    GCC 4.0 branch. The version of GCC 4.0.0 that is shipped with Mac OS X 10.4
-    "Tiger" is known to work with Qt for Mac OS X.
+    The released package of the compiler has some bugs that lead to
+    miscompilations.  We recommend using GCC 4.0.1 or later, or to use
+    a recent CVS snapshot of the GCC 4.0 branch. The version of GCC
+    4.0.0 that is shipped with Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger" is known to work
+    with Qt for Mac OS X.
 
     \section2 HP-UX