Re: Haskell status summary

[Erik de Castro Lopo <mle+hs@mega-nerd.com>]

Joachim Breitner wrote:

> Possible courses of action:
> 
> A) Upload the fixed haskell-cryptocipher to unstable, let it build on
> mips, s390, s390x and sparc, remove stuff on powerpc, migrate.
> 
> B) Remove stuff on mips, powerpc, s390, s390x and sparc, migrate.
> 
> C) Upload GHC 7.4.2 and fixed haskell-cryptocipher rebuild everything
> (using binNMUs, not sourceful uploads), migrate.
> 
> D) (Under the assumption that the fix for the powerpc issue can be
> isolated.) Backport that fix, upload a patched GHC 7.4.1, hope that ABIs
> stay stable and no rebuilds are necessary, upload a patched
> haskell-cryptocipher, let stuff build on mips, s390, s390x and sparc,
> migrate.
> 
> I’m leaning towards A or B to get the migration done and only then
> consider GHC 7.4.2.

I'm ok with either A or B if that clears the way to start work on 7.4.2
sooner.

Erik
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