would https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/9284 be good candidate for 7.8.4 ? It looks like its the only forkProcess related bug fix that wasnt merged into 7.8.3, and impacts OS X
On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 12:37 PM, Austin Seipp <aus...@well-typed.com> wrote: > Hi *, > > After some discussion with Simon & Mikolaj today, I'd like to direct > you all at this: > > https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Status/GHC-7.8.4 > > This status page is the basic overview of what we plan on doing for > 7.8.4. There are two basic components to this page: > > - Show stopping bugs. > - Everything else, which is "nice to have". > > Show stoppers are listed at the top of the page, in the first > paragraph. Right now, this includes: > > - #9439 - LLVM mangling too vigorously. > - #8819 - Arithmetic failures for unregistered systems > - #8690 - SpecConstr blow-up > > And that's all. But what's all the other stuff? That's "everything else". > > Aside from these tickets listed here - and any future amendments to it > - all other tickets will only be considered nice-to-have. What does > that mean? > > - It's low risk to include. > - It clearly fixes the problem > - It doesn't take Austin significant amounts of time to merge. > > For example, "Tickets marked merge with no milestone" are all > nice-to-have. Similarly, all the *closed tickets* on this page may be > re-opened and merged again[1], since most didn't make it to 7.8.4. > > Ditto with the remaining categories. > > OK, so that's the gist. Now I ask of you the following: > > - If you have a show-stopping bug with GHC 7.8.3, **you really, > _positively_ need to file a bug, and get in contact with me ASAP**. > Otherwise you'll be waiting for 7.10 most likely. > - Again: if you have a show stopper, contact me. Very soon. > - If there are bugs you *think* are showstoppers, but we didn't > categorize them properly, let me know. > > Anything we accept as a show-stopper will delay the release of 7.8.4. > Anything else can (and possibly will) be left behind. Luckily, almost > all of the show stoppers have patches. Only #8819 does not, but I have > asked Sergei to look into it for me if he has time today. > > Finally, I would please ask that users/developers do not include their > own personal pet tickets under "show stoppers" without consulting me > first, at least. :) If it's just nice to have, you can still pester > me, of course, and I'll try to make it happen. > > I would like to have 7.8.4 out and done with by mid November, before > we freeze the new STABLE branch for 7.10.1. That's not a hard > deadline; just a timeframe I'd like to hit. > > Let me know if you have any questions or comments; thanks! > > [1] A lot of the closed tickets on this page had an improper milestone > set, which is why they show up. You can mostly ignore them, I > apologize. > > -- > Regards, > > Austin Seipp, Haskell Consultant > Well-Typed LLP, http://www.well-typed.com/ > _______________________________________________ > ghc-devs mailing list > ghc-d...@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/ghc-devs >
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