This is just a quick summary of our plans for GHC 6.10.2. .. If there is a bug not in that list that is causing you major problems, then please let us know.
Hi Ian, I noticed that http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/1502 keeps getting pushed back (now 2 years old!). Perhaps the summary is misleading, because the comments make it clear that the issue is one of "normalizing" the mingw layout in GHC's copy. If the layout simply followed the standard mingw layout - just omitting parts, instead of also restructuring the parts that are copied in, that would make it easier for other tools/users. - special cases in cabal/etc could disappear - mingw could be upgraded separately - existing mingw could be used - no surprise bugs due to unusual layout (picking up wrong tools) It isn't causing me personally any problems right now, but this looks like a straightforward simplification - delaying of which causes unnecessary pressure elsewhere. It would also be nice to move to the standard layout before any Haskell Platform releases start relying on the current mess. Anything that makes Windows less of a special case ought to help, no?-) Claus Ps. It is surprising that performance bugs don't get high priority, now that distractions like extralibs are out of the ghc picture?