Build systems with Andrey Mokhov
Signals and Threads
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The Problem of Building a New Build System for Hadrian
The project here is again, Hadrian, which is a new build system for GHC. What actually is the status of Hadrian? Is it functional at all? Is it deployed in any way? How far along has it gone? It is functional. I'm happy to see that many people are using it. But the difficulty in switching from one build system to another is that the build system accumulates a lot of craft that supports various unusual use cases. And migrating to a new thing isn't just about building the new thing. You have to go in and dig deep and extract that knowledge or resolve the problems from scratch.
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