Friends - 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
On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 07:19:29AM -0700, Mark Lentczner wrote:
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.
In particular, http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/7748 That does actually look quite nasty. Would a 7.6.3 that fixed that and had no other changes be acceptable? Simon, do you know if there is a reasonably non-invasive fix for that bug? And do you think it would be worth a micro-release? Thanks Ian
| I just spoiled my day by http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/7748 | with ghc-7.6.2 in our large project: | hets: <<loop>> | hets works fine with ghc-7.6.1 (and older versions). I haven't located | the error yet, though. | | Yet, I therefore conclude, GHC 7.6.2 ist not suited for the official HP. Happily I have found and fixed #7748 in the 7.6 branch. Christian, is it possible for you to build the 7.6 branch and test with Hets? Simon
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