On 20 January 2014 17:29, Andres Löh <andres.l...@gmail.com> wrote: > (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? >
I know I already said "+1" but this is also a very valid standpoint. I guess the question is how long does HP want to wait for a stable ghc-7.8 release? There were already a number of important library updates planned for the HP release with ghc-7.6.3 - doing things more incrementally is also good I believe. Also as Andres mentioned in view of Mavericks. I know it is difficult but if ghc and haskell-platform could align their schedules better then things might be easier to plan in the future. Jens
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