Release Updates - 9.4.1 and 9.2.3

[Matthew Pickering]

Hi Sebastian,

I don't think I understand the severity of #21229, is it an incorrect
runtime result? If so, we should definitely fix it before 9.4.1.
Thanks for bringing it to my attention.

Matt


On Wed, Apr 6, 2022 at 1:18 PM Sebastian Graf <sgraf1337 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Matthew,
>
> Depending on whether https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/issues/21229 is deemed a blocker for 9.4 (I'd say it is, but YMMV), we should include https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/merge_requests/7788 in the list.
> Perhaps we should make it dependent on whether !7788 is ready to merge by May or whether it ends up as the only patch that holds back the release.
>
> Sebastian
>
> Am Mi., 6. Apr. 2022 um 11:00 Uhr schrieb Matthew Pickering <matthewtpickering at gmail.com>:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> We have now forked the 9.4 branch.
>>
>> There are a few outstanding patches which have not yet been finished
>> but which are essential to the release.
>>
>> * (#21019) Windows Toolchain Updates - Ben
>> * (#20405) Partial Register Stall - Ben/Andreas
>> * (!7812) Syntactic Unification - Sam
>>
>> The target date for the first alpha for 9.4.1 is 1st May.
>>
>> We have started preparing the 9.2.3 release in order to fix issues
>> discovered in the 9.2.2 release. I will post separately to the list
>> shortly when the schedule for this release is confirmed. The release
>> manager for this release is Zubin.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Matt
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