On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 9:06 AM, Lennart Kolmodin <kolmo...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Hi all, > > binary just had a major upgrade and version 0.7 was released, covering a > few but very useful features. blog post > here<http://lennartkolmodin.blogspot.ru/2013/03/binary-07.html> > . > > binary is bundled with GHC, so GHC 7.8 will upgrade to this new version of > binary. > GHC 7.6.2 however was released with the older binary 0.5.1.1. > > The next HP, 2013.2.0.0, will use GHC 7.6.2 as I understand it, therefore > the old version of binary. > The HP will eventually upgrade to a more recent version of binary when it > will use GHC 7.8 or later. > My question is whether HP would like to upgrade before that happens. > > Two approaches could be taken. > > 1. Add binary-0.7. There will be two versions of binary in HP. > 2. Replace binary-0.5.1.1 with binary-0.7 in the source of GHC 7.6.2. > Requires a little bit of work, but the installers for HP would install only > one version of binary. However, distros who want to support the HP might > install GHC 7.6.2 first and then all packages, meaning that they would end > up with two versions of binary anyway (i.e. approach (1) above). > > > What do you think? Upgrade or wait until the new binary naturally gets > into the HP through a new GHC version? If upgrade, which approach? > > Will the HP after the upcoming one use GHC 7.8? In that case it might only > be 6 months more wait and it'd resolve itself naturally. > I think for GHC boot packages we should ship with the same version that ships with GHC. -- Gregory Collins <g...@gregorycollins.net>
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