ng0 writes: > Ludovic Courtès writes: > >> ng0 skribis: >> >>> Ludovic Courtès writes: >>> >>>> ng0 skribis: >>>> >>>>> should we package ghc 8 in core-updates? It was released in May: >>>>> https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/blog/ghc-8.0.1-released >>>> >>>> Probably a good idea. :-) >>>> >>>> This can be done in ‘master’, or, if we change to default GHC, to a >>>> dedicated ‘ghc-update’ branch. >>>> >>>> Ludo’. >>> >>> Should this replace current ghc? I don't know how much of our current >>> (gnu packages haskell) would break. >> >> No idea. I suppose we take this route: >> >> 1. First you test a sample of ghc-* packages and build them to see if >> there’s obvious breakage. >> >> 2. If not, we commit the GHC upgrade in a branch and let Hydra build >> the branch. >> >> 3. We fix package breaks that we notice on the branch. >> >> 4. Merge the branch. >> >> How does that sound? >> >> Ludo’. > > Sounds good to me. Dropping this as I need to focus on my bigger projects. I realize this is better for our in-house haskell experts to pick up and solve. Feel free to apply and use. If this no longer applies to master (this is a branch which does not yet include the 1000+ new lines to haskell.scm), I can send a rebased copy of the patches.