< Features
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 2011.2.0.1 was released in April for ghc-7.0.3: a minor update is expected 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: 29 August 2011
- Percentage completion 100%
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]
Benefit to Fedora
Fedora will benefit by providing the latest ghc compiler and haskell-platform to its users with various bugfixes.
Scope
- Rebuilding all Haskell packages.
How to Test
- yum install @haskell
- yum install xmonad
- yum install ghc-*-devel
- yum install pandoc
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
The Haskell GHC compiler has been updated to version 7.0.4 with various bugfixes and haskell-platform to 2011.2.0.1.