8.2.1 Status

[George Colpitts]

Hi Ben

It would be good if the status page (
https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Status/GHC-8.2.1) could be updated
with what we will actually be getting. In particular, according to
https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/10074 Implement the 'Improved LLVM
Backend' proposal has been deferred to 8.4.1

Thanks
George


On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 1:25 PM Ben Gamari <ben at well-typed.com> wrote:

> 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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