8.2.1 Status

[Ben Gamari]

Hello everyone,

Over the last week I've been busily helping Richard finish up the last
bits destined for 8.2.1. At this point things are looking okay, although
there is still a bit of a push necessary before we can cut an 8.2
branch,

 * We have decided to punt the separation of * and Constraint (#11715)
   off to 8.4 due to design complications

 * The generalization of (->)'s kind (D2038) is done and passes the
   testsuite save a performance regression which I am currently
   investigating

 * The recent levity polymorphism work regressed the profiled build
   (#13223) which I am working on fixing.

 * The type-indexed Typeable patch works save one regression which I am
   working on with Simon

 * Merge the subset of OverloadedRecordFields wanted for 8.2

 * Update boot library submodules

It looks likely that these tasks will require a majority of the rest of
this week to work out. Consequently, I'm currently aiming to cut the
branch for 8.2 on Friday. I'll then spend a few days testing the tree
against Hackage and, if nothing goes terribly awry, likely cut a source
release mid-to-late next week.

Cheers,

- Ben


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