[Nix-dev] 14.04 branching this week

[Shea Levy]

Hey Peter,

On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 01:12:02AM +0200, Peter Simons wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
>  > If you have a feature that just *has* to get in, make sure it's in
>  > this week!
> 
> I doubt that it's a good idea to switch the default Haskell compiler to
> GHC 7.8.2 in time for the release branch. That compiler hasn't been
> tested much, there is no Haskell Platform release that contains it, and
> a wide array of Haskell packages don't build with version 7.8.x. It
> seems, sticking with GHC 7.6.3 for the 14.04 release is the safe thing
> to do.
> 

+1 for this.

> 
> If anyone feels differently about this subject, please state your case!
> 
> Best regards,
> Peter
> 
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