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# Planning notes for GHC
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This page is an internal planning document, for Ian L, Simon M, and Simon PJ. It tracks the various things we'd like to get done, apart from the usual bug triage and release cycle.
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- Add merging policy to [WorkingConventions](working-conventions).
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- **Building libraries using Cabal**: Tidy up patches, do haddocking, test, then push.
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Don't worry about unreg way: we'll probably drop it anyway, and for nightly testing we
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Original source:
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can just do a full unreg build. Can't build the GHC package with --make due to
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a bug where GHC gets confused when as it learns more about a type as it compiles
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```trac
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recursive modules: [930](https://gitlab.haskell.org//ghc/ghc/issues/930).
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= Planning notes for GHC =
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- Look into whether we can do `SplitLibraries` with Cabal or not.
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This page is an internal planning document, for Ian L, Simon M, and Simon PJ. It tracks the various things we'd like to get done, apart from the usual bug triage and release cycle.
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- **Mailing lists**:
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== Current active mini-projects ==
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- Put procmail in front of mailman so we can allow big darcs patches through.
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- get sudo access on haskell.org
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Ian's projects
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- install spam-filtering technology
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- reoganise mailing lists: remove cvs-all, resubscribe everyone to the other lists
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* Add merging policy to WorkingConventions.
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(announce beforehand).
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* '''BuildBot''': Install on darcs.haskell.org and set up slaves
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- **Broken tests**
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* Set up Windows nightly build
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Change `fail` to `broken(123)` and try to get the HEAD to a state where all
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* Set up unregisterised nightly build?
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test failures are broken and have a bug annotated. Update building guide
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to know about this change.
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* '''Building libraries using Cabal''': Tidy up patches, do haddocking, test, then push.
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Don't worry about unreg way: we'll probably drop it anyway, and for nightly testing we
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- **Ghc Performance Index** ([\#1009](https://gitlab.haskell.org//ghc/ghc/issues/1009)).
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can just do a full unreg build. Can't build the GHC package with --make due to
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a bug where GHC gets confused when as it learns more about a type as it compiles
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- **Download statistics**
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recursive modules: [ticket:930].
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* Look into whether we can do `SplitLibraries` with Cabal or not.
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- **Dynamic linking and shared libraries**
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* '''Mailing lists''':
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- GHCi seems to be working unregisterised
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* Put procmail in front of mailman so we can allow big darcs patches through.
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- Make -fPIC work with the NCG on various arches
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* get sudo access on haskell.org
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- DLL/SO for RTS+Base libs. Then lots of DLLs/SOs can share one RTS.
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* install spam-filtering technology
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- nofib -fPIC vs normal code on the common arches
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* reoganise mailing lists: remove cvs-all, resubscribe everyone to the other lists
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- nofib DLL vs static on the common arches
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(announce beforehand).
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- Doc updates
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- Write Wiki page describing GHCi linker
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* '''Broken tests'''
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Change `fail` to `broken(123)` and try to get the HEAD to a state where all
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- GHCi’s linker (.o files) vs system linker (.so and .dll only)
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test failures are broken and have a bug annotated. Update building guide
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- GHCi’s linker only works on 5-ish platforms.
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to know about this change.
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* '''GHC API'''. Respond to Norman Ramsey, Brian Smith, Clemens Fruhwirth. Propose improvements to the GHC API.
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Simon PJ's projects
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* '''Ghc Performance Index''' (#1009).
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- **Implication constraints** doc/tidying up
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- **Demand analysis** with Kirsten Chevalier
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* '''Download statistics'''
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- **Associated data types and type synonyms**, with Manuel: [TypeFunctions](type-functions)
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- **Data parallel Haksell**, with Manuel, Gabi, Roman; see [ http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/GHC/Data_Parallel_Haskell](http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/GHC/Data_Parallel_Haskell)
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* '''Dynamic linking and shared libraries'''
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* GHCi seems to be working unregisterised
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* Make -fPIC work with the NCG on various arches
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Simon M's projects
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* DLL/SO for RTS+Base libs. Then lots of DLLs/SOs can share one RTS.
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* nofib -fPIC vs normal code on the common arches
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- **darcs** Get darcs.h.o:\~igloo/darcs/ installed
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* nofib DLL vs static on the common arches
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- **Parallel garbage collection**
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* Doc updates
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* Write Wiki page describing GHCi linker
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## Awaiting attention
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* GHCi’s linker (.o files) vs system linker (.so and .dll only)
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* GHCi’s linker only works on 5-ish platforms.
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This list intended to be in priority order (but of course the prorities might not be right!
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Simon PJ's projects
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* '''Implication constraints''' doc/tidying up
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- **Windows installers**. Want to help Neil get going (see also [\#604](https://gitlab.haskell.org//ghc/ghc/issues/604)). |
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* '''Demand analysis''' with Kirsten Chevalier
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* '''Associated data types and type synonyms''', with Manuel: [wiki:TypeFunctions]
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* '''Data parallel Haksell''', with Manuel, Gabi, Roman; see [http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/GHC/Data_Parallel_Haskell]
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Simon M's projects
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* '''darcs''' Get darcs.h.o:~igloo/darcs/ installed
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* '''Parallel garbage collection'''
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== Awaiting attention ==
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This list intended to be in priority order (but of course the prorities might not be right!
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* '''Windows installers'''. Want to help Neil get going (see also #604).
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