Given that I was working on at least once package ( https://github.com/goldfirere/singletons/pull/142) which gave panics on GHC8-rc2, couldn't we get at least an GHC8-rc3 before doing an 8.0.1 release in 3 weeks?
On 27 February 2016 at 14:57, Ben Gamari <b...@well-typed.com> wrote: > tl;dr. Stabilizing the ghc-8.0 is taking a bit longer than was anticipated. > The release schedule is being pushed back a bit. > > > Hello everyone, > > As you likely know we are currently in the depths of the 8.0 release. In > fact, under more ideal circumstances I would probably be cutting another > release candidate right now instead of writing this email, in > preparation for a final release next week or so. > > However, our world is far from ideal as evidenced by the number > [1] of significant bugs present on the 8.0 branch. This isn't altogether > unexpected; we knew we were taking a bit of a risk in merging so many > high-impact patches in one release. However, we thought that given a > longer-than-usual period between first-candidate and the final release, > we'd have enough time to smooth out the wrinkles. Sadly, this has taken > a bit longer than we anticipated. > > Of course, the last thing we want is to push a known buggy release out > the door. Consequently, we won't be delivering the 8.0.1 release next > week as originally planned. Instead, we'll be pushing the release back > by about three weeks. This will give developers a bit more breathing > room in which to work out the remaining issues. Hopefully in a few weeks > the tree will be in such a state that we can push out yet another > candidate which, with luck, will be the last before the release. > > If you'd like to expedite the process (and have fun in the process), you > could do worse than to having a look at Trac [1], choosing a bug of your > liking, and trying your hand at solving it. > > Thanks to everyone who has contributed to this effort thusfar. > If you have any questions about the release process or how you can help, > don't hesistate to ask. > > Cheers, > > - Ben > > > [1] https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Status/GHC-8.0.1 > > _______________________________________________ > ghc-devs mailing list > ghc-d...@haskell.org > http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ghc-devs > >
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