Matthew Pickering writes:
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for the update Ben. Can you clarify the timeline now?
>
Sure,
As of today we three blocking patches away from having a branch we can
cut a prerelease from:
* !10479
* !14620
In addition, there are a few not-quite-blockers which I am aiming to merge:
I will leave it to Ben to expand on the timeline.
As for !10479 the decision to merge this in 9.14 has been made on 15th
of July.
Since 9.14 is going to be an LTS release, ultimately the choice was between:
* A increased workload for many backports over the next years by pushing
it to 9.16.
Hi,
Thanks for the update Ben. Can you clarify the timeline now?
It seems that there is a plan to merge !10479 into the 9.14 branch.
https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/merge_requests/10479
!10479 appears to be a very significant patch which touches many
sensitive areas of the compiler. I beli
I'm merely forwarding this from ghc-releases for those not following there:
Hi all,
A brief update on the GHC 9.14 release status. As noted last time, the
release process has been held up by a few significant bodies of on-going
work:
- the upgrade of the Windows toolchain which has revealed a n
