On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 01:16:12PM +0100, Duncan Coutts wrote:

The generated paths module has to compile with the target compiler, including older ghc

Why? People who really are stuck with GHC 6.8 already have a Cabal that works with it. They're going to be stuck if they want to use anything that requires base 4, or if they want to build a recent GHC, etc, though. Like I say, I don't think the cost of keeping it working is worth it, given the limited resources we have. Thanks Ian

On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 03:54:24PM +0100, Ross Paterson wrote:

On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 02:02:25PM +0100, Ian Lynagh wrote:

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On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 01:16:12PM +0100, Duncan Coutts wrote:

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The generated paths module has to compile with the target compiler, including older ghc

Why? People who really are stuck with GHC 6.8 already have a Cabal that works with it. They're going to be stuck if they want to use anything that requires base 4, or if they want to build a recent GHC, etc, though.

The version of GHC on abbot is 6.8.2, so this can't be used by the hackage scripts.

We have /srv/local/ghc-6.12.3/bin/ghc on abbot, but really we should be upgrading to the new Debian stable release anyway. Thanks Ian