[Nix-dev] Switch to GHC 7.10.1 is imminent

[Mateusz Kowalczyk]

On 04/18/2015 08:08 PM, Thomas Hunger wrote:> +1 as well. I repeatedly
ran into the issue where GHC package hashes
> changed which IIUC is fixed in 7.10. Can't wait to start testing.

Well, I wouldn't say fixed. It's better at least. There are still
chances that you'll get different package ID such as in case reported to
me recently. Check GHC Trac 4012 for details.

And by the way, +1 from me as well FWIW.

> On 18 April 2015 at 19:11, John Wiegley <johnw at newartisans.com> wrote:
>
>>>>>>> Aycan iRiCAN <iricanaycan at gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> I am -1 on this. Since some of the packages which I depend doesn't
>> compile
>>> with ghc 7.10 yet, they need upstream fixes (hans, http-streams,
>>> rank1dynamic, jmacro and a few more). Could you please suspend the merge
>> for
>>> one more week? OTOH, I can still use haskell-ng.packages.ghc784 if
nobody
>>> supports my idea.
>>
>> Since 'master' is the branch for development, I'm +1 on this even
though it
>> will be disruptive for a while, because it's not going into any release
>> channels.  I realize some of us actually use 'master' as our distribution
>> channel, but the Nix project shouldn't be impeded by that use.
>>
>> John

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Mateusz K.