release schedule and Linux distros

[Mikhail Glushenkov]

Hi Mark,

On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 6:32 PM, Mark Lentczner
<mark.lentczner at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 5:35 AM, Jens
> Petersen <juhpetersen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> A new early (beta?) release based on ghc-7.4.2 would be a good thing IMHO.
>
> It is almost as much work to do sub-in another ghc (as the all the ghc
> provided packages change) as it is to do a "full" release. This 2012.2.1.0
> release wouldn't add anything else beyond 7.4.2.
>
> How do the packagers feel? Do we want to spend the next month working on
> this?

I'm absolutely OK with doing a minor release, we have done it in the past.


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