(sorry for re-post, but the first one got rejected from some lists due to too many recipients)<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 2:28 PM, Simon Marlow <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:marlowsd@gmail.com" target="_blank">marlowsd@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>

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    <div>Does this strike a chord with anyone, or have I got the wrong
      impression and everyone is happy with the pace?<br></div></div></blockquote><div><br>I am happy with the pace; I like the &quot;release early, release often&quot; approach. The HP is not forced to use the<br>latest GHC, and the GHC download page already clearly directs users to the HP. Slowing down GHC releases<br>


will slow down adoption of new features, because while installing GHC might be &quot;harder&quot; than installing the HP,<br>installing GHC HEAD is harder. My experience is that almost no one, apart from GHC devs, has HEAD, and<br>


they aren&#39;t willing to install it just to play with one new feature. Once a new compiler version is out, however,<br>many people are happy to try it, even if it has no accompanying HP.<br><br><br>Cheers,<br>Pedro<br>

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