[GHC] #2848: threadDelay can wait forever, next time on January 22, 2009, around 20:00 UTC.

[GHC]

#2848: threadDelay can wait forever, next time on January 22, 2009, around 20:00
UTC.
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    Reporter:  tomekz                                          |        Owner:         
        Type:  bug                                             |       Status:  new    
    Priority:  normal                                          |    Milestone:         
   Component:  Runtime System                                  |      Version:  6.8.1  
    Severity:  critical                                        |   Resolution:         
    Keywords:  ticks getourtimeofday threadDelay non-threaded  |   Difficulty:  Unknown
    Testcase:                                                  |           Os:  Linux  
Architecture:  x86                                             |  
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Comment (by igloo):

 Replying to [ticket:2848 tomekz]:
 >
 > We are more optimistic now, but
 > this event raised some doubts about the development model of GHC. We are
 > afraid that with the current emphasis on adding new features you may be
 adding
 > bugs faster that you are removing them :-/

 If you want to discuss this, I think it would be best to bring it up on
 the glasgow-haskell-users mailing list, rather than burying it in a bug
 report where most people won't see it and where it could drown out the
 actual bug report.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/2848#comment:8>
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