On Wed, May 30, 2007 at 08:56:58AM -0700, Bryan O'Sullivan wrote:
Are there plans for a 6.6.2 release of GHC that might include this, or is it likely to wait until 6.8? I'm trying to figure out which API to write up for the book.
The plan is not to release 6.6.2, and if we do release it then it probably wouldn't have this change anyway (it would probably use the exact same extralibs as 6.6.1, as the old build system has been removed from the extralibs now). It will be in 6.8 (in as much as the extralibs are "in" GHC releases) which is tentatively scheduled for sometime this summer. Of course, the point of extralibs is that network can be released asynchronously, so you can use it with 6.6.1 today should you wish. Personally, I'd therefore recommend writing up the new API. Thanks Ian