Re: ghc 8

[Ludovic Courtès]

ng0 <address@hidden> skribis:

> Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> ng0 <address@hidden> 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’.