Features/GHC704

GHC 7.0.4

Summary

Update Glasgow Haskell Compiler (ghc) from version 7.0.2 to 7.0.4 release (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 there should be minor new release for 7.0.4.

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

ghc-7.0.4 is a stable bugfix release, which should not have any major surprises.

If haskell-platform-2011.2.0.2 is not released in time we will ship with haskell-platform-2011.2.0.1 + ghc-7.0.4, and update haskell-platform later if necessary.

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