[Nix-dev] Switch haskellPackages to GHC 7.4.2 by default?

[Karn Kallio]

> Hi guys,
> 
> in my tests, GHC 7.4.2 compiles everything 7.4.1 compiles, too, so I wonder
> whether we might want to switch to the latest version as default compiler. I
> realize that this would sort-of break HP 2012.2.0.0 conformance, but is that
> really an issue for anyone? What do you think?
> 
> Take care,
> Peter

Hi Peter,

For me HP conformance is not an issue, and switching to 7.4.2 as default seems 
to generally match the policy of patching cabal packages to work with the 
latest versions of dependencies.

Saludos,
Karn