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Re: GHC 8.0.2



Hi,

Am Montag, den 23.01.2017, 09:58 +0000 schrieb Gianfranco Costamagna:
> I asked on -release irc channel
> 
> <LocutusOfBorg> hello release team / pochu :)
> <LocutusOfBorg> there is a new ghc release 8.0.2, that might fix the
> two RC bugs open
> <LocutusOfBorg> it might be considered a transition, because some
> bounds have changed, and some sourceful uploads are needed
> <RT> hmm, so is it three binnmus or more than that?
> <RT> what sourceful uploads?
> <RT> it'd be good to know that beforehand
> <RT> e.g. prepare it in experimental or locally first, see how many
> packages need a rebuild
> <RT> if it's what you say then it sounds good to me, but it'd be good
> to make sure first
> <RT> I can also do the transition in Ubuntu and show it to you :p
> <RT> all the three packages are leaf, so I don't expect much breakage
> here
> <RT> LocutusOfBorg: oh if they are leaf that's better
> <RT> not sure why binnmus would be needed then though
> <RT> LocutusOfBorg: yes feel free to quote anything
> <LocutusOfBorg> binNMUs won't be needed, sourceful uploads will

binNMUs will be needed for all Haskell packages! But sourceful uploads
only for three (+ their reverse dependencies, which are hopefully not
many).

Greetings,
Joachim

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