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Bug 445976 - dev-lang/ghc-7.6.1 version bump request
Summary: dev-lang/ghc-7.6.1 version bump request
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] Development (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal enhancement (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo's Haskell Language team
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Reported: 2012-12-04 20:04 UTC by Christopher Howard
Modified: 2013-02-09 18:41 UTC (History)
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Description Christopher Howard 2012-12-04 20:04:17 UTC
GHC version 7.6.1 is available, released September 6, 2012. Includes numerous "bug fixes and performance improvements over the 7.4 branch." Highlights include fully implemented polymorphic kinds and data promotion, the ability to defer type errors, and more runtime control of the RTS.

Release notes: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/7.6.1/html/users_guide/release-7-6-1.html

Motivation: Developing against the latest GHC release for long-term code compatibility.

Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 Sergei Trofimovich (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2012-12-22 21:59:44 UTC
(In reply to comment #0)
> GHC version 7.6.1 is available, released September 6, 2012. Includes
> numerous "bug fixes and performance improvements over the 7.4 branch."
> Highlights include fully implemented polymorphic kinds and data promotion,
> the ability to defer type errors, and more runtime control of the RTS.
> 
> Release notes:
> http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/7.6.1/html/users_guide/release-7-6-1.html
> 
> Motivation: Developing against the latest GHC release for long-term code
> compatibility.

We are slowly working on it.

For bleeding-edge haskell development i would
recommend to use haskell overlay:

    https://github.com/gentoo-haskell/gentoo-haskell/blob/master/README.rst

It contains a couple of package fixes against ghc-7.6 like darcs
and other fun stuff.
Comment 2 Sergei Trofimovich (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2013-02-09 18:41:00 UTC
Pushed as:

> *ghc-7.6.2 (09 Feb 2013)
> 
>   09 Feb 2013; Sergei Trofimovich <slyfox@gentoo.org>
>   +files/ghc-7.5.20120505-system-libffi.patch, +ghc-7.6.2.ebuild,
>   -ghc-6.10.4-r1.ebuild, -ghc-6.12.3.ebuild:
>   Bump up to 7.6.2. Removed old.

Thanks!