Hi. I can understand the motivation of this proposal, but I'm slightly worried: (1) I haven't really followed the discussion, but it was my understanding that the currently released platform requires manual patching on MacOS X, whereas the new one wouldn't? If so, would it not be wise to release as soon as possible? (2) Simply because GHC 7.8 is itself so long delayed and so full of new features, I think it's realistic to assume that quite a few library glitches will appear even after it's released. Also, GHC bugs may be found only after formal release (despite all the hammering, the use of GHC pre release isn't quite comparable with the amount of testing it gets afterwards; IMHO, there might very well be need for a GHC 7.8.2). I'm all for trying to get an HP based on GHC 7.8 out as possible, but how soon would that actually happen, realistically? Sooner than 6 months from now? Cheers, Andres