[Nix-dev] GHC 7.8 on hydra

[Gergely Risko]

Hi Peter,

> Would it be okay to wait another few days for the 7.8.3 release, and
> then to switch the default compiler to 7.8.3 altogether? I'd rather
> avoid activating two versions of haskellPackages_ghcXYZ simultaneously
> because there are so many packages in that set and Hydra is overloaded
> as-is anyway.

Yeah, if that's the current plan, than I can surely wait a few days :)

> For what it's worth, even today you can get quite a few Haskell binaries
> for all kinds of GHC versions from my Hydra server by running
>
>   $ nix-pull http://hydra.cryp.to/project/nixpkgs/channel/latest/MANIFEST
>
> every now and then.

OK, cool.

Thanks,
Gergely