GHC 8.2.1 status

[George Colpitts]

Thanks Ben. When you have a chance it would be good to update the status
page <https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Status/GHC-8.2.1> wrt what we
will be getting, specifically will Backpack be in 8.2.1

Cheers
George

On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 12:42 PM Ben Gamari <ben at well-typed.com> wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> Here is your periodic release update. After a number of false-starts,
> the tree is finally approaching a releasable state. Last week I cut
> the ghc-8.2 branch and things have been stabilizing ever since. At this
> point we are waiting on only a couple more fixes before the rc1 source
> release can be cut,
>
>  * #13474: To be addressed by Richard soon
>  * #13410: To be addressed by Simon PJ shortly
>  * #13333: To be addressed by Ben shortly
>  * #13433: Simon Marow has a fix
>
> There are also a few issues that we have deemed not to block -rc1, but
> which must be addressed prior to the final release,
>
>  * #13220: David will verify that
>  * #13233: Ben will do a bit more digging, Simon PJ will think about it
>
> With luck we will be able to finish the -rc1 blockers in the next couple
> of days, allowing us to cut a source release by Tuesday or Wednesday.
>
> Cheers,
>
>  - Your friendly release manager
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