Re: ghc 7.8.3 on sid

[Mauricio Faria de Oliveira <mauricfo@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

Hi Joachim,

On 09/16/2014 04:19 AM, Joachim Breitner wrote:
> we are past the date to accept new transitions; GHC 7.8.3 would be a
> major transition, so this won’t happen until after the release.

Ok, that's certainly understandable.

> Besides this: We are having trouble keeping our Haskell libraries
> up-to-date (for both technical reasons and due to lack of manpower). But
> the upgrade to 7.8 will more likely work if we have new versions of most
> libraries. So even besides the freeze, we shouldn’t upgrade now.

> And finally, there is upstream doubt about whether they revert their
> change to use the system linker. I’d rather see that settle first.

Thanks for explaining those points; very good to know.

> That said, I’m happy to apply ppc64el-related patches to 7.6.3.

Great. Although I don't know the effort required to make ghci 7.6.3
work on ppc64el, I'd be glad to take a chance.

On that topic, would you be available for commenting on questions
that I can't find answers on the website/documentation/source-code?

Thanks!

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Mauricio Faria de Oliveira
IBM Linux Technology Center