[GHC] #8197: telling people how to use GHC 7.6 correctly with Xcode 5/ OS X Mavericks

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#8197: telling people how to use GHC  7.6 correctly with Xcode 5/ OS X Mavericks
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       Reporter:  carter          |             Owner:
           Type:  bug             |            Status:  new
       Priority:  normal          |         Milestone:
      Component:  Compiler        |           Version:  7.6.3
       Keywords:                  |  Operating System:  MacOS X
   Architecture:  x86_64 (amd64)  |   Type of failure:  None/Unknown
     Difficulty:  Unknown         |         Test Case:
     Blocked By:                  |          Blocking:
Related Tickets:                  |
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 Are we going to make available directions so that people can use 7.6
 correctly with xcode 5 and/or mavericks?

 eg: will we provide directions to either

 1.  use Luke Ianni's clang wrapper hack, and bundle that with a 7.6
 release thats 7.6.3 + that extra binary to make a 10.8 friendly
 "stability" release

 2. tell people to stick to xcode 4.6 and/or install a newer GCC (say, GCC
 4.8) and adjust their ghc settings file to point to that other GCC?

 We need to provide this information in a clear way, because this WILL be a
 problem where we'll have a support load from it (whether we want to or
 not, until  GHC 7.8 gets a haskell platform release, this WILL happen. We
 need to have a mitigation strategy so that we aren't dealing with it
 constantly)

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Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8197>
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