Latest revision as of 12:11, 17 October 2012

GHC 7.4.1

Summary

Update Fedora Haskell packages to the latest major version 7.4.1 of the Glasgow Haskell Compiler.

Owner

Name: Jens Petersen
Email: petersen at redhat.com

Current status

Targeted release: Fedora 18
Last updated: 2012-09-04
Percentage of completion: 100%

Detailed Description

Bumping ghc version requires a complete rebuild of all Haskell packages against the new version.

Benefit to Fedora

GHC 7.4 is a major new version of the Haskell compiler with many improvements.

Scope

Bootstrap ghc-7.4.1 in rawhide [done]
Finalize ghc-rpm-macros for F18 [done]
Refresh and rebuild all Haskell packages with appropriate version bumps [done]
Build ghc-7.4 for secondary archs [done]
update Haskell Platform to 2012.2.0.0 [done]
Test packages in rawhide/f18 [done]
Block old Haskell Platform packages (releng ticket) [done]

How To Test

yum install ghc
yum install haskell-platform
yum install @haskell
yum install xmonad
yum install ghc-*-devel
yum install pandoc
yum install gitit

User Experience

Fedora users will have the latest major version of GHC available to them.

Dependencies

For ARM, llvm-3.1 needs to be patched for ghc: see bug [done]

Contingency Plan

No major problems expected.

Documentation

Release Notes

The Haskell GHC compiler has been updated to version 7.4.1 with many new features and improvements. Haskell Platform has been updated to 2012.2.0.0.

Comments and Discussion

See Talk:Features/GHC74

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-= GHC 7.4 =
+= GHC 7.4.1 =
 == Summary ==
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 == Current status ==
 * Targeted release: [[Releases/18 | Fedora 18 ]]
-* Last updated: 2012-05-08
+* Last updated: 2012-09-04
-* Percentage of completion: 60%
+* Percentage of completion: 100%
 == Detailed Description ==
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 == Benefit to Fedora ==
-GHC 7.4 is a major new version of ghc with many new compiler [http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/mm68o/ghc_74_branched_whats_in_for_christmas/ features] and [http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/html/users_guide/release-7-2-1.html improvements].
+GHC 7.4 is a major new version of the Haskell compiler with many [http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/html/users_guide/release-7-4-1.html improvements].
 == Scope ==
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 * Finalize ghc-rpm-macros for F18 [done]
 * Refresh and rebuild all Haskell packages with appropriate version bumps [done]
-* Build ghc-7.4 for secondary archs [arm/ppc in progress]
+* Build ghc-7.4 for secondary archs [done]
-* Test packages in rawhide/f18
+* update Haskell Platform to 2012.2.0.0 [done]
+* Test packages in rawhide/f18 [done]
+* Block old Haskell Platform packages ([https://fedorahosted.org/rel-eng/ticket/5238 releng ticket]) [done]
 == How To Test ==
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 * yum install ghc-*-devel
 * yum install pandoc
+* yum install gitit
 == User Experience ==
-Fedora users will have the latest version of GHC available to them.
+Fedora users will have the latest major version of GHC available to them.
 == Dependencies ==
-haskell-platform release for ghc-7.4.1 expected in May 2012.
+* For ARM, llvm-3.1 needs to be patched for ghc: see [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=839473 bug] [done]
 == Contingency Plan ==
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 == Documentation ==
-* http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/7.2.2/html/users_guide/release-7-2-1.html
-* http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/7.2.2/html/users_guide/release-7-2-2.html
 * http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/7.4.1/html/users_guide/release-7-4-1.html
+* http://hackage.haskell.org/platform/changelog.html
 == Release Notes ==
-The Haskell GHC compiler has been updated to version 7.4.1 with numerous new features and improvements.
+The Haskell GHC compiler has been updated to version 7.4.1 with many new features and improvements.
+Haskell Platform has been updated to 2012.2.0.0.
 == Comments and Discussion ==

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