per: 

http://lists.osuosl.org/pipermail/darcs-users/2008-April/011846.html

I should build Windows executables for darcs statically linked with libcurl (and
gnutls).

I don't really understand the issues here, but I notice that configure complains
about curl-config being missing... which seems to be the case for the libcurl
and curl from the official http://curl.haxx.se

Do we have to build libcurl from src or something?

Ok, now with libcurl built from source, I now have a windows darcs with libcurl
(even --with-static-libs, pending a minor Makefile patch)... so I know it's
possible in practice.

I guess the only thing this is blocking on is the OpenSSL license exception, but
I'll let zooko try it with --gnutls)

Hello Zooko,

You seem to have assigned this issue to yourself. I am not sure what happens with 
this issue, so could you update the status, please?

Thanks and best regards
Thorkil

Hm...  Is there someone else who wants to provide Windows binaries for darcs-2.2?

I am unwilling to deal with autoconf on Windows, and the fact that the Windows
buildbot that I maintain is currently red is doubly discouraging.  I guess if
nobody else wants to provide Windows binaries then I'll do it -- when is the
final 2.2 release again?  But I don't want to spend my time working on something
that isn't buildbot-tested, because that's a waste of time because there's no
way to tell if your work is undone by subsequent changes.  So if I'm going to be
responsible for building Windows binaries then the first thing I want is a
buildbot script that uses cabal instead of autoconf to build on Windows.

Hi Salvatore,

May I assume this (ensuring that we have a good Windows binary for each release)
is something you would be willing to take on in your capacity as Windows Czar?

Thanks!

Zooko: upcoming release in 2009-01-15

On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 3:25 PM, Eric Kow <bugs@darcs.net> wrote:
>
> Eric Kow <kowey@darcs.net> added the comment:
>
> Hi Salvatore,
>
> May I assume this (ensuring that we have a good Windows binary for each release)
> is something you would be willing to take on in your capacity as Windows Czar?

Absolutely :).
As soon as 2.2 is released, I'll produce a Windows executable with
curl, SSL and external zlib, with all the required libraries included.

Salvatore

Excellent!  Marking in-progress and re-assigning.

A windows binary with curl and curl-pipelining for 2.2.0rc1 is now available on 
wiki.
It is not static (a lot of issues with it), but all the required libraries are 
included, and do not need any installation.