Gearing up (again) for the next release: 2014.2.0.0

[Chris Dornan]

I would have expected 7.8.1 will need some work before it is ready for the
platform and holding up 7.8.1 further seems like a bad idea, so isn’t 7.8.2
the first real 7.8 candidate for the platform?

Is there any reason why we cannot base 2014.2.0.0 on 7.6.3 again?

Chris

From:  Simon Peyton-Jones <simonpj at microsoft.com>
Date:  Monday, 31 March 2014 07:55
To:  Mark Lentczner <mark.lentczner at gmail.com>,
"haskell-platform at projects.haskell.org"
<haskell-platform at projects.haskell.org>, Haskell Libraries
<libraries at haskell.org>
Subject:  RE: Gearing up (again) for the next release: 2014.2.0.0

As for GHC 7.8.2 - Where is the plan for 7.8.2 documented? It is barely
mentioned in the GHC mailing list, and no mention in the GHC trac wiki, and
the issues milestone has scant info.
We have not begun to think about when to release 7.8.2.  It’ll depend on
what issues show up in 7.8.1 and how urgent they seem to be.  We have
delayed 7.8.1 for ages, and given masses of warning about the release, so
I’d be sad if there are known, show-stopping bugs in it that we already know
about.  If there really really really are, maybe we should delay 7.8.1
further.  But that process can go on indefinitely (as we have already seen),
so I’m pretty reluctant.
 
But I’d certainly listen to a consensus view from the HP team. You represent
our customers.
 
Simon
 

From: Libraries [mailto:libraries-bounces at haskell.org] On Behalf Of Mark
Lentczner
Sent: 30 March 2014 23:44
To: haskell-platform at projects.haskell.org; Haskell Libraries
Subject: Re: Gearing up (again) for the next release: 2014.2.0.0
 

happy bumped to 1.19.3

alex bumped to 3.1.3

haddock bumped to 2.14.1
> 
> - but question about tying to GHC release still open: The concern is since GHC
> ships with it's doc built with the haddock executable it ships, will we have
> problems building the rest of the docs with a later haddock -- and having all
> the cross references work?

                   

As for GHC 7.8.2 - Where is the plan for 7.8.2 documented? It is barely
mentioned in the GHC mailing list, and no mention in the GHC trac wiki, and
the issues milestone has scant info.

 

I'm very reluctant to hold out for an unknown GHC release. Unless we have
good reason to think that GHC 7.8.1 is a bad release and will leave scads of
people with broken build systems.... I'd like to continue to plan on
releasing HP in mid May (so on schedule for 2014.2.0.0). As such, unless the
turn of 7.8.2 comes within a week or two of 7.8.1 - let's stick with 7.8.1.

 

Finally - note that part of my big push to totally re-write the Haskell
Platform is so that we can all feel more confident turning a version more
quickly if we need. If 7.8.2 comes out this Summer, and we think it is an
important enough improvement - we can turn HP too.

 

- Mark

 
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