I don't think there is any formal list of duties, and there's not much precedent either. Monitoring mailing lists, glancing at bugs from time to time, pinging involved people once in a while, following up on tasks and ideas and generally keeping things moving. It's all best effort though. Anything is better than nothing.
On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 5:56 AM, Darren Grant <dedgr...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 <loneti...@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 <kuzn...@gmail.com> >> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 17, 2015 14:45 >> *To:* Gintautas Miliauskas <gintau...@miliauskas.lt> >> *Cc:* Tamar Christina <loneti...@gmail.com>, Simon Peyton Jones >> <simo...@microsoft.com>, Darren Grant <dedgr...@gmail.com>, Mikolaj >> Konarski <miko...@well-typed.com>, ghc-devs@haskell.org, David Macek >> <david.mace...@gmail.com>, kyra <ky...@mail.ru>, Martin Foster >> <martin.e.fos...@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 < >> gintau...@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 <loneti...@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 <simo...@microsoft.com> >>>> Sent: 17/02/2015 10:18 >>>> To: Darren Grant <dedgr...@gmail.com>; Mikolaj Konarski >>>> <miko...@well-typed.com> >>>> Cc: Phyx <loneti...@gmail.com>; Roman Kuznetsov <kuzn...@gmail.com>; >>>> ghc-devs@haskell.org; David Macek <david.mace...@gmail.com>; kyrab >>>> <ky...@mail.ru>; Gintautas Miliauskas <gintau...@miliauskas.lt>; Martin >>>> Foster <martin.e.fos...@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:dedgr...@gmail.com] >>>> *Sent:* 17 February 2015 05:03 >>>> *To:* Mikolaj Konarski >>>> *Cc:* Phyx; Roman Kuznetsov; ghc-devs@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 ( >>>> dedgr...@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 <dedgr...@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" <miko...@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 >>>> <simo...@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-boun...@haskell.org] On Behalf Of >>>> Darren >>>> > Grant >>>> > Sent: 15 February 2015 07:36 >>>> > To: ghc-devs@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 >> > > -- Gintautas Miliauskas
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