GHC 8.0.1 status

[Erik Hesselink]

I've found what I believe to be a regression in GHC 8 rc2 [1], and the
wiki says to yell if I want to bring it to the attention of GHC
developers. So this is me yelling, I guess :) I'm not sure if this bug
is important enough to be included, but I think it would be good for
someone to look at it and make that call. It's at least breaking one
package that I maintain (but it can be worked around).

Erik

[1] https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/11662

On 27 February 2016 at 14:57, Ben Gamari <ben at well-typed.com> wrote:
> tl;dr. Stabilizing the ghc-8.0 is taking a bit longer than was anticipated.
>        The release schedule is being pushed back a bit.
>
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> As you likely know we are currently in the depths of the 8.0 release. In
> fact, under more ideal circumstances I would probably be cutting another
> release candidate right now instead of writing this email, in
> preparation for a final release next week or so.
>
> However, our world is far from ideal as evidenced by the number
> [1] of significant bugs present on the 8.0 branch. This isn't altogether
> unexpected; we knew we were taking a bit of a risk in merging so many
> high-impact patches in one release. However, we thought that given a
> longer-than-usual period between first-candidate and the final release,
> we'd have enough time to smooth out the wrinkles. Sadly, this has taken
> a bit longer than we anticipated.
>
> Of course, the last thing we want is to push a known buggy release out
> the door. Consequently, we won't be delivering the 8.0.1 release next
> week as originally planned. Instead, we'll be pushing the release back
> by about three weeks. This will give developers a bit more breathing
> room in which to work out the remaining issues. Hopefully in a few weeks
> the tree will be in such a state that we can push out yet another
> candidate which, with luck, will be the last before the release.
>
> If you'd like to expedite the process (and have fun in the process), you
> could do worse than to having a look at Trac [1], choosing a bug of your
> liking, and trying your hand at solving it.
>
> Thanks to everyone who has contributed to this effort thusfar.
> If you have any questions about the release process or how you can help,
> don't hesistate to ask.
>
> Cheers,
>
> - Ben
>
>
> [1] https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Status/GHC-8.0.1
>
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