[Nix-dev] Should we switch the default Haskell compiler to GHC 7.4.2?

Mathijs Kwik mathijs at bluescreen303.nl
Wed Oct 24 20:58:44 CEST 2012


I've been using 7.4.2 for everything since it came out.
No objections

On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 8:28 PM, Peter Simons <simons at cryp.to> wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> the default 'haskellPackages' attribute is based on GHC 7.4.1, which is
> the version recommended by the latest Haskell Platform. However, GHC
> 7.4.2 was released a while ago, and IMHO that version is just as stable
> as 7.4.1 -- if not more --, so I would like to switch our default choice
> of the compiler to the later version.
>
> Would anyone object that change?
>
> Take care,
> Peter
>
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