Hi all,

There have been numerous discussions about the state of OCaml on

Windows on the Opam GitHub [1], and especially here [2]. What

comes out is that there are many ways to use OCaml on

Windows (using the Cygwin-based native win32 port, using the

Cygwin port, compiling from sources to get a Microsoft based

native Win32/Win64 port, using the WODI package manager, using

OCamlPro's OCaml distribution for Windows [3]...), but that none

of these seems to be a clear-cut solution. Moreover, the range of

options has unfortunately shrunk since WODI has stopped being

maintained [4].

We feel like advertising and discussing individual and corporate

efforts to improve the support of OCaml on Windows deserves a

wider audience than people actively looking at a few disparate

GitHub issues. Therefore, we have set up a `wg-windows` mailing

list to work through the issues. Interested parties are welcome

to join it here:

Regards,

Thomas

[1] https://github.com/ocaml/opam/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=opam++windows

[2] https://github.com/ocaml/opam/issues/246

[3] http://www.typerex.org/ocpwin.html

[4] http://wodi.forge.ocamlcore.org/