September 2015 - ghc-devs

HEADS UP: interface file format change, full rebuild required
by Jan Stolarek 03 Sep '15

03 Sep '15

I just pushed injective type families patch, which changes interface file format. Full rebuild of GHC is required after you pull. Jan

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Re: [Haskell-cafe] Foreign calls and periodic alarm signals
by Brandon Allbery 02 Sep '15

02 Sep '15

On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 7:56 PM, Donn Cave <donn(a)avvanta.com> wrote: > Sure are, though I don't know of any that have been identified so > directly as yours. I mean it sounds like you know where and how it's > breaking. Usually we just know something's dying on an interrupt and > then think to try turning off the signal barrage. It's interesting > that you're getting a stall instead, due to an EINTR loop. > network is moderately infamous for (formerly?) using unsafe calls that block.... -- brandon s allbery kf8nh sine nomine associates allbery.b(a)gmail.com ballbery(a)sinenomine.net unix, openafs, kerberos, infrastructure, xmonad http://sinenomine.net

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Testsuite and validate changes
by Thomas Miedema 02 Sep '15

02 Sep '15

All, I made the following changes today: * `make accept` now runs all tests for a single way (instead of all ways) * `make test` now runs all tests for a single way (instead of all ways) * `./validate` now runs all tests for a single way (instead of skipping some tests) * Phabricator now runs all tests for a single way (instead of skipping some tests) You can run `make slowtest` in the root directory, or `make slow` in the testsuite directory, to get the old behavior of `make test` back. More information: * https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Building/RunningTests/Running#Speedse… * https://phabricator.haskell.org/D1178 * Note [validate and testsuite speed] in the toplevel Makefile Thanks, Thomas

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RE: [Haskell] ETA on 7.10.3?
by Simon Peyton Jones 02 Sep '15

02 Sep '15

Ah, well https://github.com/ku-fpg/hermit/issues/144#issuecomment-128762767 links in turn to https://github.com/ku-fpg/hermit/issues/141, which is a long thread I can't follow. Ryan, Andy: if 7.10.2 is unusable for you, for some reason, please make a ticket to explain why, and ask for 7.10.3. Simon From: Haskell [mailto:haskell-bounces@haskell.org] On Behalf Of David Banas Sent: 02 September 2015 13:19 To: Ben Gamari Cc: haskell(a)haskell.org Subject: Re: [Haskell] ETA on 7.10.3? Hi Ben, Thanks for your reply. My problem is the project I'm currently working on is dependent upon HERMIT, which doesn't play well with 7.10.2, as per: https://github.com/ku-fpg/hermit/issues/144#issuecomment-128762767 (The nature of that comment caused me to think that 7.10.3 was in play.) Thanks, -db On Sep 2, 2015, at 12:05 AM, Ben Gamari <ben(a)smart-cactus.org<mailto:ben@smart-cactus.org>> wrote: David Banas <capn.freako(a)gmail.com<mailto:capn.freako@gmail.com>> writes: Hi, Does anyone have an ETA for ghc v7.10.3? (I'm trying to decide between waiting and backing up to 7.8.2, for a particular project.) Currently there are no plans to do a 7.10.3 release. 7.10.2 does has a few issues, but none of them are critical regressions but none of them appear critical enough to burn maintenance time on. Of course, we are willing to reevaluate in the event that new issues arise. What problems with 7.10.2 are you struggling with? Cheers, - Ben

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Re: Planning for the 7.12 release
by Harry . 01 Sep '15

01 Sep '15

What's the status of splitting up base? This has been spoken about a few times but I can't find any public activity from GHC or Libraries HQ.

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