Re: [Nix-dev] Move to GHC 7.8.2

2014-05-07 Thread Peter Simons
Hi Kirill, Why do we need this .haskellPlatform at all? we've had those attributes for a long time, and keeping them around in some fashion doesn't seem like a big effort. Personally, I don't need those either, but apparently some people do? Best regards, Peter

Re: [Nix-dev] Move to GHC 7.8.2

2014-05-07 Thread Gergely Risko
Hi, I think all this ideas worth going for. Having outdated different happy and alex linked to the ghc763 packages was annoying since GHC 7.8 build system started requiring the new versions. Personally I always prefer to just use the newest versions and then help the community fix the breakage.

Re: [Nix-dev] Move to GHC 7.8.2

2014-05-07 Thread Peter Simons
Hi Oliver, At work, we still can't build with GHC 7.8.2 because various dependencies are still broken. do you have a list of packages that are still causing trouble? We provide haskellPlatform_X_Y_Z attributes in all-packages.nix that install a particular version of HP -- including the

Re: [Nix-dev] Move to GHC 7.8.2

2014-05-07 Thread Oliver Charles
On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 11:54 AM, Peter Simons sim...@cryp.to wrote: Hi Oliver, At work, we still can't build with GHC 7.8.2 because various dependencies are still broken. do you have a list of packages that are still causing trouble? No concrete list because one breakage tends to