[Caml-list] State of OCaml on Windows

[Caml-list] State of OCaml on Windows

[Thomas Braibant]

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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:

http://lists.ocaml.org/listinfo/wg-windows

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/

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