I've found what I believe to be a regression in GHC 8 rc2 [1], and the
wiki says to yell if I want to bring it to the attention of GHC
developers. So this is me yelling, I guess :) I'm not sure if this bug
is important enough to be included, but I think it would be good for
someone to look at it and make that call. It's at least breaking one
package that I maintain (but it can be worked around).
Erik
[1] https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/11662
On 27 February 2016 at 14:57, Ben Gamari
tl;dr. Stabilizing the ghc-8.0 is taking a bit longer than was anticipated. The release schedule is being pushed back a bit.
Hello everyone,
As you likely know we are currently in the depths of the 8.0 release. In fact, under more ideal circumstances I would probably be cutting another release candidate right now instead of writing this email, in preparation for a final release next week or so.
However, our world is far from ideal as evidenced by the number [1] of significant bugs present on the 8.0 branch. This isn't altogether unexpected; we knew we were taking a bit of a risk in merging so many high-impact patches in one release. However, we thought that given a longer-than-usual period between first-candidate and the final release, we'd have enough time to smooth out the wrinkles. Sadly, this has taken a bit longer than we anticipated.
Of course, the last thing we want is to push a known buggy release out the door. Consequently, we won't be delivering the 8.0.1 release next week as originally planned. Instead, we'll be pushing the release back by about three weeks. This will give developers a bit more breathing room in which to work out the remaining issues. Hopefully in a few weeks the tree will be in such a state that we can push out yet another candidate which, with luck, will be the last before the release.
If you'd like to expedite the process (and have fun in the process), you could do worse than to having a look at Trac [1], choosing a bug of your liking, and trying your hand at solving it.
Thanks to everyone who has contributed to this effort thusfar. If you have any questions about the release process or how you can help, don't hesistate to ask.
Cheers,
- Ben
[1] https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Status/GHC-8.0.1
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