On 05/27/2014 10:06 AM, Austin Seipp wrote: > Hello all, > > After a long week, I've finally gotten a little time to reply to > emails, and I mainly have one question I'd like to ask. > > First, please direct your attention to this: > > https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/query?status=closed&status=merge&status=patch&milestone=7.8.3&group=resolution&col=id&col=summary&col=owner&col=type&col=priority&col=component&col=version&order=priority > > This is the 7.8.3 milestone, but it only considers things that are: > > - 1) Fixed > - 2) Going to be merged > - 3) Are a patch to be still merged. > > That is, it is a solid representation of the difference between 7.8.2 > and the 7.8 branch tip. > > The question is: when should we do the release? There are several bugs > there that seem quite problematic for users - #9045, #7097, #9001, > #8768 and #9078 in particular. > > If these bugs are really problematic (and I sort of feel they are) > then the release can happen soon. I can do it within a week from now, > and we could punt more to a 7.8.4 release. > > I ask this because my time to dedicate to GHC is a bit thin right now, > so you must help me decide what's important! So please let me know - > just a general vote in favor of doing it within some X timeframe (even > 'real soon' or 'a week would be great') would be nice. > > PS: I apologize for the lack of status updates and brief email - my > time for GHC has been in very short order the past two weeks in > particular, and I've finally just returned to a computer (not mine) > for right now to ask this. > > PPS: This might also impact the 7.10 schedule, but last Simon and I > talked, we thought perhaps shooting for ICFP this time (and actually > hitting it) was a good plan. So I'd estimate on that a 7.8.4 might > happen a few months from now, after summer. >
It has been a month since and the general opinion seems to have been Real Soon Now, are there any big blockers? -- Mateusz K. _______________________________________________ ghc-devs mailing list [email protected] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/ghc-devs
