GHC 7.8.4: call for tickets, show stoppers, and timelines - oh my!

[Carter Schonwald]

would https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/9284 be good candidate for
7.8.4 ?
It looks like its the only forkProcess related bug fix that wasnt merged
into 7.8.3, and impacts OS X

On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 12:37 PM, Austin Seipp <austin at well-typed.com>
wrote:

> Hi *,
>
> After some discussion with Simon & Mikolaj today, I'd like to direct
> you all at this:
>
> https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Status/GHC-7.8.4
>
> This status page is the basic overview of what we plan on doing for
> 7.8.4. There are two basic components to this page:
>
>  - Show stopping bugs.
>  - Everything else, which is "nice to have".
>
> Show stoppers are listed at the top of the page, in the first
> paragraph. Right now, this includes:
>
>  - #9439 - LLVM mangling too vigorously.
>  - #8819 - Arithmetic failures for unregistered systems
>  - #8690 - SpecConstr blow-up
>
> And that's all. But what's all the other stuff? That's "everything else".
>
> Aside from these tickets listed here - and any future amendments to it
> - all other tickets will only be considered nice-to-have. What does
> that mean?
>
>  - It's low risk to include.
>  - It clearly fixes the problem
>  - It doesn't take Austin significant amounts of time to merge.
>
> For example, "Tickets marked merge with no milestone" are all
> nice-to-have. Similarly, all the *closed tickets* on this page may be
> re-opened and merged again[1], since most didn't make it to 7.8.4.
>
> Ditto with the remaining categories.
>
> OK, so that's the gist. Now I ask of you the following:
>
>  - If you have a show-stopping bug with GHC 7.8.3, **you really,
> _positively_ need to file a bug, and get in contact with me ASAP**.
> Otherwise you'll be waiting for 7.10 most likely.
>  - Again: if you have a show stopper, contact me. Very soon.
>  - If there are bugs you *think* are showstoppers, but we didn't
> categorize them properly, let me know.
>
> Anything we accept as a show-stopper will delay the release of 7.8.4.
> Anything else can (and possibly will) be left behind. Luckily, almost
> all of the show stoppers have patches. Only #8819 does not, but I have
> asked Sergei to look into it for me if he has time today.
>
> Finally, I would please ask that users/developers do not include their
> own personal pet tickets under "show stoppers" without consulting me
> first, at least. :) If it's just nice to have, you can still pester
> me, of course, and I'll try to make it happen.
>
> I would like to have 7.8.4 out and done with by mid November, before
> we freeze the new STABLE branch for 7.10.1. That's not a hard
> deadline; just a timeframe I'd like to hit.
>
> Let me know if you have any questions or comments; thanks!
>
> [1] A lot of the closed tickets on this page had an improper milestone
> set, which is why they show up. You can mostly ignore them, I
> apologize.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Austin Seipp, Haskell Consultant
> Well-Typed LLP, http://www.well-typed.com/
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