Ludovic Courtès <l...@gnu.org> writes: > ng0 <n...@we.make.ritual.n0.is> skribis: > >> Ludovic Courtès <l...@gnu.org> writes: >> >>> ng0 <n...@we.make.ritual.n0.is> skribis: >>> >>>> should we package ghc 8 in core-updates? It was released in May: >>>> https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/blog/ghc-8.0.1-released >>> >>> Probably a good idea. :-) >>> >>> This can be done in ‘master’, or, if we change to default GHC, to a >>> dedicated ‘ghc-update’ branch. >>> >>> Ludo’. >> >> Should this replace current ghc? I don't know how much of our current >> (gnu packages haskell) would break. > > No idea. I suppose we take this route: > > 1. First you test a sample of ghc-* packages and build them to see if > there’s obvious breakage. > > 2. If not, we commit the GHC upgrade in a branch and let Hydra build > the branch. > > 3. We fix package breaks that we notice on the branch. > > 4. Merge the branch. > > How does that sound? > > Ludo’.
Sounds good to me. -- ng0 For non-prism friendly talk find me on http://www.psyced.org
