Well done! On Wednesday, 9 July 2014, Mark Lentczner <mark.lentcz...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The status is: *Good-to-Go!* > > The new-build branch of Haskell Platform is in pretty great shape: > > - One consistent build system using Shake > - Builds source tarball > - Builds linux distribution tarball > - Builds Mac installer > - Builds in one command line from a GHC bindist to end-user installer! > - We have a running travis-ci instance > <https://travis-ci.org/haskell/haskell-platform>* (currently red as we > await a 7.8.3 bindist)* > > As soon as GHC 7.8.3 is out, I'll be running an alpha (or is this rc1?) or > Haskell Platform (well, after I build the bindists for GHC for Mac... so > it'll be a few hours on my puny MacBook Air...) > > *Shout out to: Yitzchak Gale, Bob Ipoloito, and Randy Polen for lots of > help with the new build; Carter Schonwald for Mac and GHC build issues; > Robert Lefkowitz for wiki and issue converstion (now on github!); Neil > Mitchell for consultations on Shake.* > > The platform is now in a place that we'll be able to turn it much more > quickly. This means we can track GHC release more closely, handle important > library fixes when needed. And more importantly, spend time improving the > platform itself, rather than sapping our energies build it! > > What you need to do now: > > - Check the version list in Release2014.hs > > <https://github.com/haskell/haskell-platform/blob/new-build/hptool/src/Releases2014.hs> > - If you see a problem with the version of your library, let us know > - If you are a packager for one of the linux distros - please try out > the build and see how it works, and how it meshes with your packaging > process for the distro. Come talk to me if you need help or brainstorming > w.r.t. to the new-build. > - If you have a Mac, you can try building the platform. > > *Build note: The repo is in sync with head of GHC 7.8 and we've been > working with bindists we build ourselves off of head. If you want to try > out the HP build with a 7.8.2 bindist, you'll need to change the version of > base back to 4.7.0.0.* > > What you can do to help > There are few aspects in progress, but none of these are show stoppers: > > - Windows installer using the new build being written by Randy Polen. > (Existing windows build from the source tarball is still possible) - > contact him if you'd like to help. > - Platform website is being revamped by Erin Depew in concert with the > general Haskell redesign by Chris Done > - Platform website is template generated... but the pages haven't been > templated much. if you're interested, e-mail and I can supply more > details and hook up interested parties and Erin. > - The travis-ci instance is enabled for Mac builds, but isn't > configured to do them right. > - There is a TO DO small task list in BUILD-NEW > > <https://github.com/haskell/haskell-platform/blob/new-build/notes/BUILD-NEW#L126> > in > the repo - I'd like to see the As and Bs done. If you want to tackle one > just do it and send me a merge request. > - Many people have asked for a "server edition" of the platform w/o > packages that don't make sense on a server (such as the OpenGL stuff). The > new-build could easily be extended to do this now. > - I'd love to see a version of Simon Hengel's Haskell Platform > Versions Comparison Chart > <http://sol.github.io/haskell-platform-versions-comparison-chart/> as > part of the platform website. Now that it is templatized and the raw data > is in Haskell, it should be possible. (I have prior year's data in the > right format, just not checked in, ask me...) > - It would be wonderful if we could get tests incorporated: Both > running the tests that are part of the included libraries, and perhaps some > "big integration tests" (is compiling Pandoc enough?). It would be great if > these tests can be run "in-place" after the platform is built (for > travis-ci), and if they could be run on the target machine > (post-installation). > > — Mark "is it July already?" Lentczner > >
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