Hello,

Why ghc 7.2.2 is in [testing]?

People are planing to include it in [extra]? It's a "feature preview" release.

It is not a stable release as far as I know. The haskell platform is
scheduled to be released "late 2011" with the next stable version.

On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 11:36:07AM -0800, Bernardo Barros wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Why ghc 7.2.2 is in [testing]?
>
> People are planing to include it in [extra]? It's a "feature preview" release.
>
> It is not a stable release as far as I know. The haskell platform is
> scheduled to be released "late 2011" with the next stable version.

Have a look at the thread that starts with
http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/arch-haskell/2011-November/001736.html

/M

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I just find it strange..

But he is aware that ghc 7.2.2 is not tagged as "stable" but as
"feature preview", right?

I mean, you can get the feeling that it won't break anything,
but we will have to do a lot of testing before.

At least 2 weeks, right? Maybe a month?

And when those extensive testing phase will end,
it will be time to the stable release already... (like in one month?)

I don't see the point.

On 20/11/11 09:02, Bernardo Barros wrote:

I mean, you can get the feeling that it won't break anything,
but we will have to do a lot of testing before.

At least 2 weeks, right? Maybe a month?

And when those extensive testing phase will end,
it will be time to the stable release already... (like in one month?)

I don't see the point.




You seem to be wrong...

http://www.haskell.org/ghc/download

"Current Stable Release (7.2.2)"



And can you at least quote some of the previous message to give context
to your reply...


Allan

"This 7.2.2 release is intended to be more of a "technology preview"
than normal GHC stable branches. In particular, it supports a
significantly improved version of DPH, as well as new features such as
compiler plugins and "safe Haskell". The design of these new features
may evolve as we get more experience with them. "

http://www.haskell.org/ghc/download_ghc_7_2_2

I believe that's the reason that haskell platform is waiting, and I
think arch should wait a couple of weeks too...

On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 3:54 PM, Bernardo Barros
<bernardobarros2@gmail.com> wrote:
> "This 7.2.2 release is intended to be more of a "technology preview"
> than normal GHC stable branches. In particular, it supports a
> significantly improved version of DPH, as well as new features such as
> compiler plugins and "safe Haskell". The design of these new features
> may evolve as we get more experience with them. "
>
> http://www.haskell.org/ghc/download_ghc_7_2_2
>

On 20/11/11 09:57, Bernardo Barros wrote:

I believe that's the reason that haskell platform is waiting, and I
think arch should wait a couple of weeks too...

On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 3:54 PM, Bernardo Barros
<bernardobarros2@gmail.com> wrote:

"This 7.2.2 release is intended to be more of a "technology preview"
than normal GHC stable branches. In particular, it supports a
significantly improved version of DPH, as well as new features such as
compiler plugins and "safe Haskell". The design of these new features
may evolve as we get more experience with them. "

http://www.haskell.org/ghc/download_ghc_7_2_2






Wow - you can quote emails to give context, but only your own...

Haskell-platform is a slowly updating target that does not match the
Arch philosophy at all. Did you read the email that was linked earlier
in the thread explaining why Arch is going to not use haskell-platform
any more. Haskell platform waiting to update does not affect what Arch
does.


Allan

I read the other thread in arch-haskell, but I didn't see a reason for
that. I don't understand why it conflicts with the 'arch philosophy'
since upstream is telling us it is not ready yet...

Of course you can test it! That's why it was released, but the
[testing] repository is for stuff that will end up in [core]/[extra]
right?

On 20/11/11 12:26, Bernardo Barros wrote:

I read the other thread in arch-haskell, but I didn't see a reason for
that. I don't understand why it conflicts with the 'arch philosophy'
since upstream is telling us it is not ready yet...

Of course you can test it! That's why it was released, but the
[testing] repository is for stuff that will end up in [core]/[extra]
right?



I have no idea what you are talking about given you fail to quote the
relevant parts of previous emails in your reply. When you start doing
that, I will reply to your message.


Allan