There has been some discussion on haskell-platform & libraries mailing list about the suitability of GHC 7.6.2 for the upcoming HP 2013.2.

Given the aims of the platform: stability, no surprises, just works, we want to use the latestest version of GHC that best meets these goals so as to provide a base for the libraries (and users!) as they evolve forward.

I'd appreciate hearing this community's thoughts on the choice of GHC version for this release.

— Mark "Chief Haskell Gift-Wrapper" Lentczner