[Nix-dev] GHC 7.8 on hydra

[Mateusz Kowalczyk]

On 07/03/2014 05:58 PM, Gergely Risko wrote:
> Hi Peter,
> 
> GHC 7.8.3 is close to release, but can we in the meantime enable hydra
> and binary cache for 7.8.2 packages?
> 
> With the switch I guess you're waiting for the packages to stabilize.
> 
> But would it be too much of a trouble to have for a little while both?
> 
> haskellPackages_ghc763_no_profiling.pipes.i686-linux
> haskellPackages_ghc782_no_profiling.pipes.i686-linux
> 
> Even if some packages are broken, this way early adopters who want to
> switch sooner than nixpkgs could do so without rebuilding everything
> themselves.  I think that would increase the number of people who are
> willing to fix small things around the 7.8 transition and therefore make
> the process quicker for the rest too.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> Gergely
> 
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GHC 7.8.3 should be coming out in the next couple of days, it'll
probably be out before 7.8.2 is set up. I suggest waiting.

-- 
Mateusz K.