Re: Version control systems

Simon Peyton-Jones:

| It is worth pointing out that I *never* validate against ghc head when | I commit to the core libraries.

I think that's perfectly reasonable for the reasons you explain.

Sorry, but I think the only reason its halfway acceptable is that Malcolm didn't break the GHC build yet. If he does, I'll be screaming as loudly as for anybody else. What Malcolm is basically saying is that he doesn't contribute to the functionality of the boot libraries, he simply makes sure they compile with nhc98. That's a valuable contribution, of course, but to be honest, I don't think its a valid reason for us to go to the trouble of having two vcs for ghc. Manuel