Re: [darcs-users] ghc support policy (Was: darcs patch: Add Repository IO monad, RIO. (and 1 more))

2008-09-05 Thread zooko
I still care about deploying darcs to platforms (Ubuntu Dapper) which don't come with a new GHC. However, deploying darcs to those platforms is probably better accomplished by producing executables than by making it possible for users to build darcs themselves using their prepackaged GHC, so

Re: [darcs-users] ghc support policy (Was: darcs patch: Add Repository IO monad, RIO. (and 1 more))

2008-09-05 Thread Eric Kow
Hi Zooko, David said: > A good start would be to contact the folks running the ghc 6.4 > buildbots, to see if they care about those machines, or if they just > installed an old version of ghc to broaden our test base. You happen to own the buildbot slave with ghc 6.4.1. Do you still care if dar

Re: [darcs-users] ghc support policy (Was: darcs patch: Add Repository IO monad, RIO. (and 1 more))

2008-09-05 Thread David Roundy
On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 6:56 AM, Eric Kow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I'd not oppose this if we can get a clear picture that noone is any >> longer running ghc 6.4. If they are, then it seems worth allowing >> them to continue using updated versions of darcs. The trouble, of >> course, is that

Re: [darcs-users] ghc support policy (Was: darcs patch: Add Repository IO monad, RIO. (and 1 more))

2008-09-05 Thread Eric Kow
> I'd not oppose this if we can get a clear picture that noone is any > longer running ghc 6.4. If they are, then it seems worth allowing > them to continue using updated versions of darcs. The trouble, of > course, is that it's very, very hard to know what compiler folks are > using. Maybe

Re: [darcs-users] ghc support policy (Was: darcs patch: Add Repository IO monad, RIO. (and 1 more))

2008-09-04 Thread David Roundy
On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 2:03 PM, Eric Kow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > On Wed, Sep 03, 2008 at 09:43:16 -0700, Jason Dagit wrote: >> Are we still actively supporting 6.4? Haven't the major linux >> distributions moved on to 6.6 now? It looks like 6.6 was released a >> full 2 years ago

Re: [darcs-users] ghc support policy (Was: darcs patch: Add Repository IO monad, RIO. (and 1 more))

2008-09-03 Thread Simon Michael
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[darcs-users] ghc support policy (Was: darcs patch: Add Repository IO monad, RIO. (and 1 more))

2008-09-03 Thread Eric Kow
Hi all, On Wed, Sep 03, 2008 at 09:43:16 -0700, Jason Dagit wrote: > Are we still actively supporting 6.4? Haven't the major linux > distributions moved on to 6.6 now? It looks like 6.6 was released a > full 2 years ago (the last release of the 6.4 series was in oct of > 2006). Also, unless som