Hi Simon, > and instead we could try this shorter one: > > 7.8.4 > -> 8.0.2 (needs >= 7.10) > -> 8.4.4 (needs >= 8.0) > -> 8.8.4 (needs >= 8.4) > -> 9.2.5 (needs >= 8.6) > > WDYT? If no objection, I will give a try.
note that the information on haskell.org is not always accurate and thus this shorter chain may not actually work. Please give it a try and send a patch. > I mean I propose to have both: ghc-x.y (with tests) and > ghc.x.y/bootstrap (without tests), it would ease the maintenance of the > Haskell ecosystem on several architectures. WDYT? I have a bad feeling about turning the testsuites of intermediate versions off. Yes, they take a long time, but then they also ensure the resulting compiler actually works (with high confidence) and we don’t silently propagate issues into the next one. Cheers, Lars
