12 Mar
2013
12 Mar
'13
12:05 p.m.
On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 08:04:44AM -0700, Johan Tibell wrote:
Is a snapshot the same as a release candidate
No: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/WorkingConventions/Releases#Snapsho...
(i.e. should I try to run the pre-release performance benchmarks on it)?
Well, if there are any performance regressions in a snapshot release then it's better to find out immediately than when we're trying to put a real release out. (in fact, I think it's quite likely that a constant factor performance regression discovered once the RC phase has started wouldn't be fixed before the release). Thanks Ian