Resolving Windows 64-bit linker issues

[Darren Grant]

Hi All,

Tamar, certainly add me to the Windows Task Force page. Thank you!

Gintautas, what are the duties of a coordinator for the task force? I can
volunteer contingent on qualifications and balancing obligations with my
day job.


Cheers,
Darren


On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 9:08 AM, Tamar Christina <lonetiger at gmail.com>
wrote:

>  Hi Roman & Simon,
>
> I agree it makes sense to add it there, however I think
> https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/WindowsGhc that link should be used
> instead of the WindowsTaskForce link directly.
>
> @Darren & Martin, would you also like to be added to the page?
>
> Regards,
> Tamar
>
> *From:* Roman Kuznetsov <kuznero at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* ‎Tuesday‎, ‎February‎ ‎17‎, ‎2015 ‎14‎:‎45
> *To:* Gintautas Miliauskas <gintautas at miliauskas.lt>
> *Cc:* Tamar Christina <lonetiger at gmail.com>, Simon Peyton Jones
> <simonpj at microsoft.com>, Darren Grant <dedgrant at gmail.com>, Mikolaj
> Konarski <mikolaj at well-typed.com>, ghc-devs at haskell.org, David Macek
> <david.macek.0 at gmail.com>, kyra <kyrab at mail.ru>, Martin Foster
> <martin.e.foster at gmail.com>
>
> 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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