Hi All, Sorry for the late reply, I need to adjust my mail filtering rules to let these mails go to my inbox as well.
I have also taken a few passes through the windows trac and there are a lot of issues with someone assigned to them but with no activity so a while on them. I was also wondering the state of these. > The Win32 package for example, is dreadfully lacking in maintainership. While we merge patches, it would be great to see a Windows developer spearhead and clean it up A while back I was looking at adding some functionality to this package, but could never figure out which one was actually being used. I think there are multiple repositories out there. > Would folks be interested in a Skype/Hangout sometime I would be interested in this, though timezones may prove to be an issue, or not. Regards, Tamar On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 11:02 PM, Simon Peyton Jones <simo...@microsoft.com> wrote: > The people problem is tricky. At work, this would be the right time to > do a video chat and at least see the faces of the other people involved. > Would folks be interested in a Skype/Hangout sometime? It would be > interesting to hear what interests / skills / resources / constraints we > have between us. > > > > I think that’s a great idea, thanks. It’s easier to work with people with > whom you have formed a personal relationship, and a video conf is a good > way to do that. > > > > Simon > > > > *From:* ghc-devs [mailto:ghc-devs-boun...@haskell.org] *On Behalf Of > *Gintautas > Miliauskas > *Sent:* 28 October 2014 16:08 > *To:* Austin Seipp > *Cc:* kyra; ghc-devs@haskell.org > *Subject:* Re: GHC on Windows (extended/broad discussion) > > > > Hey Austin, > > > > thanks for pushing this forward. It sure looks like Windows deserves more > attention than it is getting. > > > > We definitely need a broader action plan. My thoughts were close to yours: > > > > 1. Push through the gcc compiler upgrade (D339) > > 2. Fix the Windows continuous builds. This is necessary to prevent > regressions. > > 3. Make sure validate.sh results are clean on Windows. Tests that are > known to be failing are not providing new information, they should be > disabled and issues filed. > > 4. Triage the Windows bug list. I already made a few passes, but most of > the bugs are far from trivial. I think we'll need to prioritize very > aggressively to focus the limited resources. > > > > Are there any broader ideas for architecture-level changes related to GHC > on Windows? > > > > The people problem is tricky. At work, this would be the right time to do > a video chat and at least see the faces of the other people involved. Would > folks be interested in a Skype/Hangout sometime? It would be interesting to > hear what interests / skills / resources / constraints we have between us. > > > > > > On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 2:24 AM, Austin Seipp <aus...@well-typed.com> > wrote: > > Gintautas, Tamar, Roman, > > (CC'ing those on > https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/WindowsTaskForce, and Kyrill, > who has helped us out much in the past) > > Thank you all for all your help with Windows recently. I apologize for > not responding to some of your concerns sooner in the recent threads > about tarballs, etc. > > First off, all your contributions are extremely welcome - GHC has had > many talented Windows hackers in days long past, but these days this > number has dwindled! Anyone who has an interest in GHC on Windows is > in a place to make a big impact and help us. All the work Gintautas > has done for example, will dramatically improve the ghc-tarballs > scenario. > > On that note: Gintautas, I will get D339 merged in ASAP, as soon as I > test it and make a download mirror for you. Haskell.org has an awesome > new CDN setup, and once I implement https://downloads.haskell.org, it > will be easy to update tarballs and serve them to mass amounts of > users. > > However, beyond that, we still need more done. First off, if you can > help, we can help you! We can make lots of Windows build bots for > people on demand, so if you're in desperate need of disk space or your > computers are a bit slow, we can help accommodate. > > Right now, we have nightly builds with Gabor's[1] build system, and > soon, we're working on a Phabricator integration, which should be > great - and hopefully reduce the amount of breakage substantially. > > I also notice there is a ticket list of Windows issues[2], and that's > fantastic. After a quick glance, a lot of these tickets are old, > duplicates, or could possibly be closed or fixed easily. A good first > task for any new contributor would be to go through this list, and try > to replicate some of them! And you can always ask me - I can certainly > help you navigate GHC a bit to get somewhere. > > But there are still other things. The Win32 package for example, is > dreadfully lacking in maintainership. While we merge patches, it would > be great to see a Windows developer spearhead and clean it up - we > could even make some improvements in GHC itself based on this. This > would be an excellent opportunity to make a good impact in the broader > ecosystem! > > Finally, we desperately need someone to consult with when we're up a > creek. Are certain patches OK for Windows? What's the best way to fix > certain bugs, or implement certain features? I feel like often we try > to think about this, but it's a bit lonely when nobody else is there > to help! I'm not sure how to fix this, other than encouraging things > like doing active code reviews and helping grind out some patches. But > at the very minimum, I'd just like to talk with you about things > perhaps! > > So in summary - the work so far is grand, and we want to help you do > more! And I'm sure everyone can help - there's always so much to do > and so little time, we need to encourage it all we can. > > As Simon says: Upward and Onward! > > [1] http://haskell.inf.elte.hu/builders/ > [2] > https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/query?status=!closed&os=Windows&desc=1&order=id > > -- > Regards, > > Austin Seipp, Haskell Consultant > Well-Typed LLP, http://www.well-typed.com/ > > > > > > -- > Gintautas Miliauskas > > _______________________________________________ > ghc-devs mailing list > ghc-devs@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/ghc-devs > >
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