On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 9:29 AM, Andres Löh wrote:

I can understand the motivation of this proposal, but I'm slightly worried:

+1

(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? Sooner than 6 months from now?

I do not think so. Waiting a couple of months after 7.8.1 is released to let the dust settle will not hurt anyway.