Snapshot release and DPH

[Ian Lynagh]

On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 08:04:44AM -0700, Johan Tibell wrote:
> 
> Is a snapshot the same as a release candidate

No:
http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/WorkingConventions/Releases#Snapshots

> (i.e. should I try to run the
> pre-release performance benchmarks on it)?

Well, if there are any performance regressions in a snapshot release
then it's better to find out immediately than when we're trying to put a
real release out.


(in fact, I think it's quite likely that a constant factor performance
regression discovered once the RC phase has started wouldn't be fixed
before the release).


Thanks
Ian