On 20 January 2014 17:29, Andres Löh
(2) Simply because GHC 7.8 is itself so long delayed and so full of new features, I think it's realistic to assume that quite a few library glitches will appear even after it's released. Also, GHC bugs may be found only after formal release (despite all the hammering, the use of GHC pre release isn't quite comparable with the amount of testing it gets afterwards; IMHO, there might very well be need for a GHC 7.8.2). I'm all for trying to get an HP based on GHC 7.8 out as possible, but how soon would that actually happen, realistically?
I know I already said "+1" but this is also a very valid standpoint. I guess the question is how long does HP want to wait for a stable ghc-7.8 release? There were already a number of important library updates planned for the HP release with ghc-7.6.3 - doing things more incrementally is also good I believe. Also as Andres mentioned in view of Mavericks. I know it is difficult but if ghc and haskell-platform could align their schedules better then things might be easier to plan in the future. Jens