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<div data-externalstyle="false" dir="ltr" style="font-family: 'Calibri', 'Segoe UI', 'Meiryo', 'Microsoft YaHei UI', 'Microsoft JhengHei UI', 'Malgun Gothic', 'sans-serif';font-size:12pt;"><div>Hi Darren,</div><div><br></div><div>I don’t actually know what the status of these issues are. I think one of the tasks we had set out to do was actually checking on these tickets and their progress.</div><div><br></div><div>Gintautas was doing most of the mingw64 build stuff. I don’t know if the cygwin64 link stuff has been looked at by anyone since I think we’re all mostly using mingw64.</div><div><br></div><div>I have two issues I’m working on atm, both related to the RTS. But if there’s anything I can do to help then just let me know.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Tamar</div><div><br></div><div style="padding-top: 5px; border-top-color: rgb(229, 229, 229); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid;"><div><font face=" 'Calibri', 'Segoe UI', 'Meiryo', 'Microsoft YaHei UI', 'Microsoft JhengHei UI', 'Malgun Gothic', 'sans-serif'" style='line-height: 15pt; letter-spacing: 0.02em; font-family: "Calibri", "Segoe UI", "Meiryo", "Microsoft YaHei UI", "Microsoft JhengHei UI", "Malgun Gothic", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:dedgrant@gmail.com" target="_parent">Darren Grant</a><br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 17, 2015 06:02<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:mikolaj@well-typed.com" target="_parent">Mikolaj Konarski</a><br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:lonetiger@gmail.com" target="_parent">Phyx</a>, <a href="mailto:kuznero@gmail.com" target="_parent">Roman Kuznetsov</a>, <a href="mailto:ghc-devs@haskell.org" target="_parent">ghc-devs@haskell.org</a>, <a href="mailto:simonpj@microsoft.com" target="_parent">Simon Peyton Jones</a>, <a href="mailto:david.macek.0@gmail.com" target="_parent">David Macek</a>, <a href="mailto:kyrab@mail.ru" target="_parent">kyra</a>, <a href="mailto:gintautas@miliauskas.lt" target="_parent">Gintautas Miliauskas</a>, <a href="mailto:martin.e.foster@gmail.com" target="_parent">Martin Foster</a></font></div></div><div><br></div><div dir=""><div dir="ltr">To expand on that (let's see if I can do this without accidentally sending again, oops!):<br><br>Roman, I will get in touch with you on a separate email thread to see if we can find an optimal way to coordinate, something that satisfies our schedules and needs. Others please feel free to bug me any time by email (<a href="mailto:dedgrant@gmail.com" target="_parent">dedgrant@gmail.com</a>) or on freenode #ghc as dedgrant, PST hours.<br><br>In the meantime I'll be auditing some of the related backlogged tickets on trac. If there's something I can do to help further the goal of a Windows Task Force page, please let me know.<br><br><br>Pleased to meet everyone!<br><br>Cheers,<div>Darren</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 8:48 PM, Darren Grant <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dedgrant@gmail.com" target="_parent">dedgrant@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid;"><div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr">Thank you kindly for the great introduction. I hope I can be helpful here.<br><br><br></p><div><div class="h5">
<div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 16, 2015 7:47 AM, "Mikolaj Konarski" <<a href="mailto:mikolaj@well-typed.com" target="_parent">mikolaj@well-typed.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid;">Resending, since Roman's and Kyril's email addresses were mangled/missing.<br>
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On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 3:43 PM, Simon Peyton Jones<br>
<<a href="mailto:simonpj@microsoft.com" target="_parent">simonpj@microsoft.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Darren<br>
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> Excellent! We have a Windows Task Force, consisting roughly of the folk in<br>
> cc. So they would be the first group to ask.<br>
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> (I think it would be very helpful to have a Windows Task Force home page, so<br>
> that it’s easier to find the group.)<br>
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> thanks for helping with Windows.<br>
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> Simon<br>
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> From: ghc-devs [mailto:<a href="mailto:ghc-devs-bounces@haskell.org" target="_parent">ghc-devs-bounces@haskell.org</a>] On Behalf Of Darren<br>
> Grant<br>
> Sent: 15 February 2015 07:36<br>
> To: <a href="mailto:ghc-devs@haskell.org" target="_parent">ghc-devs@haskell.org</a><br>
> Subject: Resolving Windows 64-bit linker issues<br>
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> Hi all,<br>
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> I notice there are a series of related long-standing issues subject to<br>
> particular cygwin64 quirks, and I'd like to offer time to help resolve these<br>
> if possible<br>
><br>
> At this point I've had some exposure to the GHC build process (7.8.3), and<br>
> have poked around the GHC linker to gain some low level insight.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Would anyone be available to fill me in on the current state of affairs with<br>
> mingw64 GHCi linking? For instance, is there ongoing work, or perhaps a<br>
> preferred direction but no available developer bandwidth to proceed?<br>
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> Thank you.<br>
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> Cheers,<br>
><br>
> Darren<br>
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