[Development] Mime database size

[Mathias Hasselmann]

Am 23.02.2015 um 08:11 schrieb Thiago Macieira:
> On Monday 23 February 2015 07:48:37 Mathias Hasselmann wrote:
>> Am 17.02.2015 um 14:36 schrieb Cristian Adam:
>>> One could rewrite this small utility into Qt and then it would be
>>> available everywhere.
>>
>> Somehow I thought that one of the big benefits of free software and open
>> source is, that you _don't_ have to rewrite each and every simple tool.
>> Obviously I've missed something.
>
> The problem is requiring glib on OS X and Windows in order to build Qt.

What's exactly the problem with glib on OS X or Windows?