GHC 6.4.3 is stalled

[Kip Macy]

If there are any fundamental issues with threading on FreeBSD I'd also
like to know about it.

              -Kip

On 7/25/06, Seth Kurtzberg <seth at cql.com> wrote:
> If it turns out that there is a freebsd issue, I can help with that.  Possibly also with OSX.
>
> Seth
>
> On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 11:50:58 +0100
> "Simon Peyton-Jones" <simonpj at microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > Folks
> >
> > GHC 6.4.2's threaded runtime system does not work right on
> >       Solaris
> >       MacOSX
> >       Possibly FreeBSD
> >
> > We'd love to fix these bugs and release 6.4.3, but we are stalled
> > because we don't have easy access to these platforms, nor do we have
> > detailed expertise in their intimate details (which is where the bugs
> > will be lurking).
> >
> > If you care about these platforms, would you like to lend a hand?  We
> > probably need more help than simply "here's access to the platform", but
> > we'd give you very strong support if you were willing to look into it.
> >
> > Failing that, I think we'll have to stick with 6.4.2.  (And the same
> > bugs may well show up in GHC 6.6, which we hope to release before ICFP.)
> >
> > Simon
> >
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