Re: HP 2013.2 and GHC 7.6.2

i'm nearly through getting a build done (soonish) do i just need to test the loop file on the ticket, or this "hets" package too? (which i can't seem to find...) On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 11:44 PM, Mark Lentczner wrote:

Can anyone comment on the state of cabal, and in particular the version that was shipped with 7.6.2?

We should only consider bumping that version if, like with 7.6.2, there is a major bug in it that will affect the Platform's users. If there is, we'll want to consider a point release in preference to a major bump to the "latest-n-greatest".

Let's try to keep this last minute bumping to a minimum!

On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 5:17 PM, Ivan Lazar Miljenovic < ivan.miljenovic@gmail.com> wrote:

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Thanks for all the switft work. Here's my understanding of the situation:

7.6.2 has a bug (#7748) in it, which also appears in a lesser form in 7.6.1. SPJ has a fix, that works for the minimal code given in the bug report. Others are now trying to verify it fixes the bug as it was discovered in the wild, in the hets package. Assuming it does fix, Ian will prepare a 7.6.3 release which is just

On 16 April 2013 23:17, Mark Lentczner wrote: this

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bug fix as a delta from 7.6.2.

Can we please get the version of Cabal bumped as well?

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If that is the state of the world, then we'll delay the HP 2012.2.0.0 a

week

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for 7.6.3.

- Mark

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