HP 2013.2 and GHC 7.6.2

[Carter Schonwald]

i'm nearly through getting a build done (soonish)

do i just need to test the loop file on the ticket, or this "hets" package
too? (which i can't seem to find...)


On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 11:44 PM, Mark Lentczner
<mark.lentczner at gmail.com>wrote:

> Can anyone comment on the state of cabal, and in particular the version
> that was shipped with 7.6.2?
>
> We should only consider bumping that version if, like with 7.6.2, there is
> a major bug in it that will affect the Platform's users. If there is, we'll
> want to consider a point release in preference to a major bump to the
> "latest-n-greatest".
>
> Let's try to keep this last minute bumping to a minimum!
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 5:17 PM, Ivan Lazar Miljenovic <
> ivan.miljenovic at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 16 April 2013 23:17, Mark Lentczner <mark.lentczner at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Thanks for all the switft work. Here's my understanding of the
>> situation:
>> >
>> > 7.6.2 has a bug (#7748) in it, which also appears in a lesser form in
>> 7.6.1.
>> > SPJ has a fix, that works for the minimal code given in the bug report.
>> > Others are now trying to verify it fixes the bug as it was discovered
>> in the
>> > wild, in the hets package.
>> > Assuming it does fix, Ian will prepare a 7.6.3 release which is just
>> this
>> > bug fix as a delta from 7.6.2.
>>
>> Can we please get the version of Cabal bumped as well?
>>
>> >
>> > If that is the state of the world, then we'll delay the HP 2012.2.0.0 a
>> week
>> > for 7.6.3.
>> >
>> > - Mark
>> >
>> >
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>>
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