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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> > 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 <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 17, 2015 14:45 >> *To:* Gintautas Miliauskas <[email protected]> >> *Cc:* Tamar Christina <[email protected]>, Simon Peyton Jones >> <[email protected]>, Darren Grant <[email protected]>, Mikolaj >> Konarski <[email protected]>, [email protected], David Macek >> <[email protected]>, kyra <[email protected]>, Martin Foster >> <[email protected]> >> >> 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 < >> [email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> >>> 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 <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: 17/02/2015 10:18 >>>> To: Darren Grant <[email protected]>; Mikolaj Konarski >>>> <[email protected]> >>>> Cc: Phyx <[email protected]>; Roman Kuznetsov <[email protected]>; >>>> [email protected]; David Macek <[email protected]>; kyrab >>>> <[email protected]>; Gintautas Miliauskas <[email protected]>; Martin >>>> Foster <[email protected]> >>>> 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:[email protected]] >>>> *Sent:* 17 February 2015 05:03 >>>> *To:* Mikolaj Konarski >>>> *Cc:* Phyx; Roman Kuznetsov; [email protected]; 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 ( >>>> [email protected]) 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 <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Thank you kindly for the great introduction. I hope I can be helpful >>>> here. >>>> >>>> On Feb 16, 2015 7:47 AM, "Mikolaj Konarski" <[email protected]> >>>> 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 >>>> <[email protected]> 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:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >>>> Darren >>>> > Grant >>>> > Sent: 15 February 2015 07:36 >>>> > To: [email protected] >>>> > 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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