Hi, Does anyone have an ETA for ghc v7.10.3? (I'm trying to decide between waiting and backing up to 7.8.2, for a particular project.) Thanks, -db
David Banas wrote:
Does anyone have an ETA for ghc v7.10.3? (I'm trying to decide between waiting and backing up to 7.8.2, for a particular project.)
I am not aware of any concrete plans for a 7.10.3 release. You should upgrade to 7.10.2. Erik -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Erik de Castro Lopo http://www.mega-nerd.com/
David Banas <capn.freako@gmail.com> writes:
Hi,
Does anyone have an ETA for ghc v7.10.3? (I'm trying to decide between waiting and backing up to 7.8.2, for a particular project.)
Currently there are no plans to do a 7.10.3 release. 7.10.2 does has a few issues, but none of them are critical regressions but none of them appear critical enough to burn maintenance time on. Of course, we are willing to reevaluate in the event that new issues arise. What problems with 7.10.2 are you struggling with? Cheers, - Ben
Hi Ben, Thanks for your reply. My problem is the project I’m currently working on is dependent upon HERMIT, which doesn’t play well with 7.10.2, as per: https://github.com/ku-fpg/hermit/issues/144#issuecomment-128762767 (The nature of that comment caused me to think that 7.10.3 was in play.) Thanks, -db On Sep 2, 2015, at 12:05 AM, Ben Gamari <ben@smart-cactus.org> wrote:
David Banas <capn.freako@gmail.com> writes:
Hi,
Does anyone have an ETA for ghc v7.10.3? (I'm trying to decide between waiting and backing up to 7.8.2, for a particular project.)
Currently there are no plans to do a 7.10.3 release. 7.10.2 does has a few issues, but none of them are critical regressions but none of them appear critical enough to burn maintenance time on.
Of course, we are willing to reevaluate in the event that new issues arise. What problems with 7.10.2 are you struggling with?
Cheers,
- Ben
David Banas <capn.freako@gmail.com> writes:
Hi Ben,
Thanks for your reply.
No worries. Please excuse the grammar in the reply; reading over it now it's quite embarrassing. Clearly needed a read-through before sending.
My problem is the project I’m currently working on is dependent upon HERMIT, which doesn’t play well with 7.10.2, as per:
https://github.com/ku-fpg/hermit/issues/144#issuecomment-128762767
(The nature of that comment caused me to think that 7.10.3 was in play.)
Ahhh, the simplifier issue. I suppose that hermit is probably being adversely affected by the fact that 7.10.2 attempts to simplify rules' left-hand sides. This is definitely one of the more significant problems with the 7.10.2 release. I was hoping that `text` would be the only major package affected by this bug, but it seems this isn't the case. I'll mention this in the next GHC call and see what the others think. Cheers, - Ben
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