Latest revision as of 03:04, 5 September 2011

[edit] GHC 7.0.4

[edit] 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 2011.2.0.1 was released in April for ghc-7.0.3: a minor update is expected for 7.0.4.

[edit] Owners

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

[edit] Current status

• Targeted release: Fedora 16
• Last updated: 29 August 2011
• Percentage completion 100%

[edit] Detailed Description

• ghc will be updated in rawhide. [done]
• Update ghc-rpm-macros to drop prof subpackages [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. [done]
• Test packages in F16/rawhide [done]

[edit] Benefit to Fedora

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

[edit] Scope

• Rebuilding all Haskell packages.

[edit] How to Test

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

[edit] User Experience

Developers will be able to use latest GHC.

[edit] Dependencies

haskell-platform release for ghc-7.0.4 expected.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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

[edit] Release Notes

The Haskell GHC compiler has been updated to version 7.0.4 with various bugfixes and haskell-platform to 2011.2.0.1.

[edit] Comments and Discussion

• See Talk:Features/GHC704