Revision as of 00:20, 22 June 2011

GHC 7.0.4

Summary

The latest update to Glasgow Haskell Compiler (ghc) version 7.0.4 was released 15 June 2011, with various bug fixes.

Haskell Platform 2011 was updated for ghc-7.0.3 and released as 2011.2.0.1 in April.

Owners

• Names: Jens Petersen, Haskell_SIG
• Email: petersen@fedoraproject.org, haskell-devel@lists.fedoraproject.org

Current status

• Targeted release: Fedora 16
• Last updated: 22 June 2011
• Percentage completion 25%

Detailed Description

• ghc will be updated in rawhide. [ghc-7.0.4 has been bootstrapped]
• Update ghc-rpm-macros if necessary. [done]
• cabal2spec updated to use %ghc_arches macro and BR ghc-Cabal-devel and individual core libs [done]
• Update all haskell packages to latest packaging templates and rebuild. [in progress]
• Test packages in rawhide []

Benefit to Fedora

Fedora will benefit by providing the latest ghc compiler and haskell-platform to its users with various bugfixes.

Scope

• Minimal impact outside of Haskell packages
• Rebuilding all Haskell packages: see Detailed Description above

How to Test

• yum install @haskell
• yum install xmonad

User Experience

Developers will be able to use latest GHC.

Dependencies

haskell-platform release for ghc-7.0.4 expected.

Contingency Plan

None: ghc-7.0.4 is a stable bugfix releases, which should not have any major surprises.

Documentation

• http://haskell.org/ghc/docs/7.0.3/html/users_guide/release-7-0-3.html
• http://haskell.org/ghc/docs/7.0.4/html/users_guide/release-7-0-4.html

Release Notes

Haskell GHC has been updated to version 7.0.4 with various bugfixes and haskell-platform to 2011.2.0.x.

Comments and Discussion

• See Talk:Features/GHC704