On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 4:29 AM, Mateusz Czapliński <
czap...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Could anyone give some hints as to how one could potentially start
> contributing towards making -buildmode=shared work on Windows?
>
> Per his comment in
https://golang.org/issue/19282, Alex Brainman is
> currently unable to help, as he's unfortunately overloaded with other work,
> so if anyone else could help even in a slightest way, any hints are greatly
> appreciated!
>
> Notably, given that -buildmode=c-shared is already implemented on Windows,
> what is the general idea of the extra work needed to make =shared work? I
> imagine this question could be answered in a platform-agnostic way to some
> extent (at least on a high level)? At this moment, I wouldn't even know
> where to start...
>
> Also, is anybody aware of any blockers, or candidates? some serious
> architectural or OS-level challenges?
I don't know the answer. But if -buildmode=c-shared works, then I
don't know of any fundamental obstacles to -buildmode=shared. I think