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== Contingency Plan ==
== Contingency Plan ==
None planned/expected, but in worst case could revert to current ghc-7.0.4.
If ghc-7.4.1 is not released in good time for Alpha then will probably just target haskell-platform-2011.4 for Fedora 17, and wait with ghc-7.4 until F18.


== Documentation ==
== Documentation ==

Revision as of 07:41, 5 January 2012

GHC 7.4

Summary

Update Fedora Haskell packages to the latest major version 7.4.1 of the Glasgow Haskell Compiler.

Owner

Current status

  • Targeted release: Fedora 17
  • Last updated: 2012-01-05
  • Percentage of completion: 15%

Detailed Description

Bumping ghc version requires a complete rebuild of all Haskell packages against the new version.

Benefit to Fedora

GHC 7.4 is a major new version of ghc with many new compiler features and improvements.

Scope

  • Update Rawhide to haskell-platform-2011.4.0.0 [in progress]
  • Bootstrap ghc-7.4 in rawhide.
  • Finalize ghc-rpm-macros for F17 (drop ghc-prof provides).
  • Refresh and rebuild all Haskell packages with appropriate version bumps.
  • Test packages in rawhide/f17

How To Test

  • yum install ghc
  • yum install haskell-platform
  • yum install @haskell
  • yum install xmonad
  • yum install ghc-*-devel
  • yum install pandoc

User Experience

Fedora users will have the latest version of GHC available to them.

Dependencies

ghc-7.4.1 release is expected soon. haskell-platform release for ghc-7.4 expected next year.

Contingency Plan

If ghc-7.4.1 is not released in good time for Alpha then will probably just target haskell-platform-2011.4 for Fedora 17, and wait with ghc-7.4 until F18.

Documentation

Release Notes

The Haskell GHC compiler has been updated to version 7.4.1 with numerous new features and improvements.

Comments and Discussion