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Re: ghc 8


From: ng0
Subject: Re: ghc 8
Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2016 10:21:18 +0000

Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden> writes:

> ng0 <address@hidden> skribis:
>
>> Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>>> ng0 <address@hidden> skribis:
>>>
>>>> should we package ghc 8 in core-updates? It was released in May:
>>>> https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/blog/ghc-8.0.1-released
>>>
>>> Probably a good idea.  :-)
>>>
>>> This can be done in ‘master’, or, if we change to default GHC, to a
>>> dedicated ‘ghc-update’ branch.
>>>
>>> Ludo’.
>>
>> Should this replace current ghc? I don't know how much of our current
>> (gnu packages haskell) would break.
>
> No idea.  I suppose we take this route:
>
>   1. First you test a sample of ghc-* packages and build them to see if
>      there’s obvious breakage.
>
>   2. If not, we commit the GHC upgrade in a branch and let Hydra build
>      the branch.
>
>   3. We fix package breaks that we notice on the branch.
>
>   4. Merge the branch.
>
> How does that sound?
>
> Ludo’.

Sounds good to me.
-- 
ng0
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