On Mon, Apr 16, 2007 at 03:54:56PM +0100, Simon Marlow wrote:
We'd like to solicit comments from the community on our plans for future GHC releases. The current situation is this:
- 6.6.1 is nearly ready to go (perhaps this week, please test the RC!) - 6.6.2 has ~35 outstanding tickets - 6.8 has ~150 outstanding tickets
the default option would be to work on 6.6.2 and release it in a couple of months, while continuing to work on 6.8 for a release in ~6 months or so. ... Here's a quick summary of the major developments that we already have in the 6.8 codebase:
Could you summarize the major tickets for 6.6.2? I'd tentatively vote for an accelerated 6.8. I'm quite excited about the associated types and the GADT-typeclass interactions. -- David Roundy Department of Physics Oregon State University