Resolving Windows 64-bit linker issues

[Simon Peyton Jones]

Ah yes, so we do!  Excellent.  Maybe add Darren ☺
Also should Martin Foster, David Macek be there?

I’m sure there is a “how to build GHC on Windows” page (indeed there were too many at one stage).  But none of them is listed under “Platform-specific building notes” on https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Building. Would that be worth fixing?

Simon

From: Tamar Christina [mailto:lonetiger at gmail.com]
Sent: 17 February 2015 10:15
To: Simon Peyton Jones; Darren Grant; Mikolaj Konarski
Cc: Roman Kuznetsov; ghc-devs at haskell.org; David Macek; kyrab; Gintautas Miliauskas; Martin Foster
Subject: RE: Resolving Windows 64-bit linker issues

Hi Simon,

We do have a page on Trac with the members: https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/WindowsTaskForce

We could add the extra information there.

Regards,
Tamar
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From: Simon Peyton Jones<mailto:simonpj at microsoft.com>
Sent: ‎17/‎02/‎2015 10:18
To: Darren Grant<mailto:dedgrant at gmail.com>; Mikolaj Konarski<mailto:mikolaj at well-typed.com>
Cc: Phyx<mailto:lonetiger at gmail.com>; Roman Kuznetsov<mailto:kuznero at gmail.com>; ghc-devs at haskell.org<mailto:ghc-devs at haskell.org>; David Macek<mailto:david.macek.0 at gmail.com>; kyrab<mailto:kyrab at mail.ru>; Gintautas Miliauskas<mailto:gintautas at miliauskas.lt>; Martin Foster<mailto:martin.e.foster at gmail.com>
Subject: RE: Resolving Windows 64-bit linker issues
One really helpful thing would be to

•         make a wiki home page for the Windows Task Force

•         list who is on it

•         list the main tasks “in flight” and what their status is

•         any other plans
Anything to broaden visibility of the WTF, and encourage others to join in.  Communication is all in an open-source context!

Thanks for working on Windows… it’s a very popular platform, and needs your love!

Simon

From: Darren Grant [mailto:dedgrant at gmail.com<mailto:dedgrant at gmail.com>]
Sent: 17 February 2015 05:03
To: Mikolaj Konarski
Cc: Phyx; Roman Kuznetsov; ghc-devs at haskell.org<mailto:ghc-devs at haskell.org>; Simon Peyton Jones; David Macek; kyrab; Gintautas Miliauskas; Martin Foster
Subject: Re: Resolving Windows 64-bit linker issues

To expand on that (let's see if I can do this without accidentally sending again, oops!):

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 (dedgrant at gmail.com<mailto:dedgrant at gmail.com>) or on freenode #ghc as dedgrant, PST hours.

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.


Pleased to meet everyone!

Cheers,
Darren


On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 8:48 PM, Darren Grant <dedgrant at gmail.com<mailto:dedgrant at gmail.com>> wrote:

Thank you kindly for the great introduction. I hope I can be helpful here.
On Feb 16, 2015 7:47 AM, "Mikolaj Konarski" <mikolaj at well-typed.com<mailto:mikolaj at well-typed.com>> wrote:
Resending, since Roman's and Kyril's email addresses were mangled/missing.

On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 3:43 PM, Simon Peyton Jones
<simonpj at microsoft.com<mailto:simonpj at microsoft.com>> wrote:
> Darren
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> Excellent!  We have a Windows Task Force, consisting roughly of the folk in
> cc.  So they would be the first group to ask.
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> (I think it would be very helpful to have a Windows Task Force home page, so
> that it’s easier to find the group.)
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> thanks for helping with Windows.
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> Simon
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> From: ghc-devs [mailto:ghc-devs-bounces at haskell.org<mailto:ghc-devs-bounces at haskell.org>] On Behalf Of Darren
> Grant
> Sent: 15 February 2015 07:36
> To: ghc-devs at haskell.org<mailto:ghc-devs at haskell.org>
> Subject: Resolving Windows 64-bit linker issues
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> Hi all,
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> I notice there are a series of related long-standing issues subject to
> particular cygwin64 quirks, and I'd like to offer time to help resolve these
> if possible
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> At this point I've had some exposure to the GHC build process (7.8.3), and
> have poked around the GHC linker to gain some low level insight.
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> Would anyone be available to fill me in on the current state of affairs with
> mingw64 GHCi linking? For instance, is there ongoing work, or perhaps a
> preferred direction but no available developer bandwidth to proceed?
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> Thank you.
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> Cheers,
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> Darren
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