On 08/02/2013 07:32 PM, Simon Peyton-Jones wrote:
Dear ghc-dev friends,
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Don’t worry: I’m not bowing out! But I am very much trying to encourage you to feel that GHC is *your* compiler, not just SPJ/SM’s compiler that you can contribute to. I’m open to suggestions for how best to nurture broad participation.
Hi, As a suggestion to increase participation, OcamlLab recently hosted a compiler hacking evening [1] and maybe it would be a good idea to host the same kind of thing for GHC ? If it's not practical to meet in the same physical place (not enough people in the same place, no place to meet, etc), organizing IRC hacking session might a good backup option. Also, one thing that I find missing is a bite sized list of projects/bug/improvements to get started for newcomers. The full list of opened issued on trac is probably an intimidating list to get started. [1] https://github.com/ocamllabs/compiler-hacking/wiki https://github.com/ocamllabs/compiler-hacking/wiki -- Vincent