with all due respect, we can't delay a HP release this fall, we need one that works with OS 10.9 Mavericks / Xcode 5 this fall. as Austin has opined, the right way to do this is to have a bug fix release for 7.6 this fall that addresses the OS X issues. -- Carter Schonwald On October 13, 2013 at 4:22:34 PM, David Luposchainsky (dluposchainsky@googlemail.com) wrote: I think making the HP release cycle purely time-based is not the best option. For a large amount of users, the HP and what comes with it (including the associated compiler) is what "Haskell" is. If something does not work with the HP, then Haskell does not work. - Support for the latest OS is crucial, probably most importantly to avoid bad publicity. "Hard to install" is an image that's not easily changed when search engines are full of hacks that make it somehow work again. - Are there significant changes in the HP libraries compared to the last release? Is there a good reason to make people update to the latest packages? - In the light of the AMP, I think a relatively early adoption of 7.8 would be very beneficial in order to prepare Hackage. Releasing this year with 7.8 would not be a good idea, but maybe next spring (which would be halfway between the usual HP release dates) is possible? In short, my vote is "delay until it works with all OS and 7.8". David _______________________________________________ Libraries mailing list Libraries@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries