Resolving Windows 64-bit linker issues

Roman Kuznetsov kuznero at gmail.com
Tue Feb 17 13:45:21 UTC 2015


Hi,

That would definitely make sense to add more information for Windows in
"Platform-specific build notes". I will try taking care of it the coming
week.

Roman

On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 12:56 PM, Gintautas Miliauskas <
gintautas at miliauskas.lt> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> would someone be willing to be a coordinator for the team? Feel free to
> just edit the wiki. I am completely swamped by my new job and my move to
> London at the moment, and the situation is unlikely to change soon. Sorry :(
>
> On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 10:14 AM, Tamar Christina <lonetiger at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> 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
>> ------------------------------
>> From: Simon Peyton Jones <simonpj at microsoft.com>
>> Sent: ‎17/‎02/‎2015 10:18
>> To: Darren Grant <dedgrant at gmail.com>; Mikolaj Konarski
>> <mikolaj at well-typed.com>
>> Cc: Phyx <lonetiger at gmail.com>; Roman Kuznetsov <kuznero at gmail.com>;
>> ghc-devs at haskell.org; David Macek <david.macek.0 at gmail.com>; kyrab
>> <kyrab at mail.ru>; Gintautas Miliauskas <gintautas at miliauskas.lt>; Martin
>> Foster <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]
>> *Sent:* 17 February 2015 05:03
>> *To:* Mikolaj Konarski
>> *Cc:* Phyx; Roman Kuznetsov; 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) 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> 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>
>> 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> wrote:
>> > Darren
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Excellent!  We have a Windows Task Force, consisting roughly of the
>> folk in
>> > cc.  So they would be the first group to ask.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > (I think it would be very helpful to have a Windows Task Force home
>> page, so
>> > that it’s easier to find the group.)
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > thanks for helping with Windows.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Simon
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > From: ghc-devs [mailto:ghc-devs-bounces at haskell.org] On Behalf Of
>> Darren
>> > Grant
>> > Sent: 15 February 2015 07:36
>> > To: ghc-devs at haskell.org
>> > Subject: Resolving Windows 64-bit linker issues
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > 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
>> >
>> > 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.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > 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?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Thank you.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> >
>> > Darren
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Gintautas Miliauskas
>



-- 
Sincerely yours,
Roman Kuznetsov
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