Re: A modest proposal (re the Platform)

Páli Gábor János <[email protected]> Mon, 20 Jan 2014 12:25:42 +0100

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On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 9:29 AM, Andres L=F6h <[email protected]> wrote:
> I can understand the motivation of this proposal, but I'm slightly worrie=
d:

+1

> (2) Simply because GHC 7.8 is itself so long delayed and so full of
> new features, I think it's realistic to assume that quite a few
> library glitches will appear even after it's released. Also, GHC bugs
> may be found only after formal release (despite all the hammering, the
> use of GHC pre release isn't quite comparable with the amount of
> testing it gets afterwards; IMHO, there might very well be need for a
> GHC 7.8.2). I'm all for trying to get an HP based on GHC 7.8 out as
> possible, but how soon would that actually happen, realistically?
> Sooner than 6 months from now?

I do not think so.  Waiting a couple of months after 7.8.1 is released
to let the dust settle will not hurt anyway.