<div dir="ltr">likewise! just having that precise tagged info for how to pick a stable code state for ghc + associated libraries even if it wasn't a full "dev preview" release would make me a lot less conservative about using HEAD ghc more often / even as my default</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 9:57 PM, Conrad Parker <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:conrad@metadecks.org" target="_blank">conrad@metadecks.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">On 20 March 2013 18:58, John Wiegley <<a href="mailto:johnw@fpcomplete.com">johnw@fpcomplete.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>>>>> Ian Lynagh <<a href="mailto:ian@well-typed.com">ian@well-typed.com</a>> writes:<br>
><br>
>> Would a 7.7.x recommended snapshot be useful to you? Tell us if you want<br>
>> one.<br>
><br>
> I think that could very useful, sort of like what the Linux kernel did before<br>
> they stopped.<br>
><br>
> I'm never sure if building from HEAD will produce a compiler I should use for<br>
> getting real work done, but I wouldn't have the same reservations concerning a<br>
> 7.7.x "interim developer release".<br>
<br>
</div>likewise.<br>
<br>
I'd be happy with just a git tag and an email to this list every month<br>
or two indicating that there's a probably-ok version that could do<br>
with some testing. This could happen whenever a feature lands and the<br>
dust has settled a bit.<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
Conrad.<br>
</font></span><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
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