Haskell Platform 2013.2 Proposal Status

[Ivan Lazar Miljenovic]

Also: doesn't 7.6.2 still ship with Cabal-1.16.0, which has some buggy
behaviour?

On 12 April 2013 19:26, Christian Maeder <Christian.Maeder at dfki.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just spoiled my day by http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/7748
> with ghc-7.6.2 in our large project:
>
> hets: <<loop>>
>
> hets works fine with ghc-7.6.1 (and older versions). I haven't located the
> error yet, though.
>
> Yet, I therefore conclude, GHC 7.6.2 ist not suited for the official HP.
>
> Cheers Christian
>
> Am 11.04.2013 07:33, schrieb Mark Lentczner:
>>
>> Well, I admit I am a bit tardy with this, and a few dates in the
>> schedule have come and gone. But have no fear, I think we'll be okay.
>>
>> /*All: */
>>
>> Updated the time line the 2013.2 release:
>>
>>   * *Today* — Call for proposals ends (no more proposals considered)
>>   * *April 15th* — Proposals decided, Initial version list
>>   * *April 22th* — First candidates
>>   * *April 29th* — Open issues resolved, Second candidates
>>   * *May 6th* — Final release candidates
>>
>> /*Proposals:*/
>>
>> These are the proposals being considered for 2013.2, and my
>> current assessment of the "rough consensus":
>>
>>   * *case-insensitive:* general consensus for including
>>   * *attoparsec: *general consensus for including
>>   *
>>   * *unordered-containers:* general consensus for including
>>   * *hashable:* while there has been much discussion about what to do
>>
>>     going forward, I see general consensus that accepting version 1.1
>>     into the platform (which is required by other proposals here)
>>   * *OpenGL *&* GLUT:* these have been repackaged by Jason to meet all
>>
>>     the concerns of the community. They include two new lower-level
>>     packages *OpenGLRaw* and *GLURaw*. General consensus
>>
>>     for continuing to include, with the lower level packages, and
>>     upgraded to latest versions (yay!)
>>   * *JuicyPixels:* people like the idea of having a library like this
>>
>>     one, perhaps even this one, but there is concern that this API
>>     hasn't baked enough. There is not enough consensus for including.
>>
>> I give you all until Monday for any further discussion, and then we'll
>> call it.
>>
>> /*Versions*/
>>
>> I now call it official: HP 2013.2 will use GHC 7.6.2. Library
>> maintainers: Please get ready to answer my e-mail when it come
>> a'knockin' on your inbox with the version of your lib we should ship in
>> this release.
>>
>>     — Mark "Chief Haskell Gift-Wrapper" Lentczner
>>
>>
>>
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