As far as I can see, the proposed fixes are all compiler and RTS fixes. (At least, it should be easy to restrict 6.8.3 to that. Austin?)
So, I don’t think it would affect the packages. And of what use is a platform that includes a compiler of which we know that it has serious problems?
Manuel
Yitzchak Gale
Herbert Valerio Riedel wrote:
What kind of version tweaks are you thinking about? (Afaics, the GHC bundled libraries don't have any version bumps.)
Well for one thing, wouldn't the version of base be bumped?
If the bugs fixed in 7.8.3 affect any packages in the platform, we would want to make whatever changes are needed to make sure that the fixes work for them - at least bumping base. Then everything would need to be re-built and re-tested. And if no packages in the platform are affected, then given the ridiculous delay of the platform release already, it's harder justify waiting any longer. Like I said - it would be a difficult decision (and not mine to make).
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