For the record, if we decide for a release soon, I'll make sure the new-typeable branch gets merged asap.
Cheers, Pedro On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 8:25 AM, Simon Peyton-Jones <simo...@microsoft.com>wrote: > Dear GHC users, **** > > * > * > > *Carter*: Will this RTS update make it into ghc 7.8 update thats coming > up in the next monthish?**** > > *Andreas*: We are almost there - we are now trying to sort out a problem > on mac os x. It would be helpful to know if there is a cutoff date for > getting things into 7.8. **** > > ** ** > > Simon, Ian, and I have just been discussing 7.8, and would be interested > in what you guys think. **** > > > At ICFP we speculated that we’d make a release of GHC soon after Christmas > to embody tons of stuff that has been included since 7.6, specifically:*** > * > > **· **major improvements in DPH (vectorisation avoidance, new > vectoriser)**** > > **· **type holes**** > > **· **rebindable list syntax**** > > **· **major changes to the type inference engine**** > > **· **type level natural numbers**** > > **· **overlapping type families**** > > **· **the new code generator**** > > **· **support for vector (SSE/AVX) instructions**** > > ** ** > > Whenever it comes it would definitely be great to include Andreas & > friends’ work:**** > > **· **Scheduler changes to the RTS to improve latency**** > > ** ** > > The original major reason for proposing a post-Xmas release was to get DPH > in a working state out into the wild. However, making a proper release > imposes costs on everyone else. Library authors have to scurry around to > make their libraries work, etc. Some of the new stuff hasn’t been in HEAD > for that long, and hence has not been very thoroughly tested. (But of > course making a release unleashes a huge wave of testing that doesn’t > happen otherwise.)**** > > ** ** > > So another alternative is to leave it all as HEAD, and wait another few > months before making a release. You can still use all the new stuff by > compiling HEAD, or grabbing a snapshot distribution. And it makes it hard > for the Haskell platform if GHC moves too fast. Many people are still on > 7.4.**** > > ** ** > > There seem to be pros and cons each way. I don’t have a strong opinion. > If you have a view, let us know.**** > > ** ** > > Simon**** > > ** ** > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "parallel-haskell" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to parallel-haskell+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > >
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