Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:15:25 -0400 From: Wesley Shields <wxs@FreeBSD.org> To: L Campbell <llc2w@virginia.edu> Cc: ports@freebsd.org, haskell@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports/130218 Maintainer timeout? (lang/ghc update) Message-ID: <20090713171525.GA76004@atarininja.org> In-Reply-To: <792298050907121455k56209f95yf5a9c02b9c0f592d@mail.gmail.com> References: <792298050907121455k56209f95yf5a9c02b9c0f592d@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 05:55:22PM -0400, L Campbell wrote: > *pokes the haskell@ maintainers* > > Is there anything blocking the update of lang/ghc? We have an > *ancient* version of GHC (the primary Haskell compiler) in ports -- > old enough to cause problems with Haskell library requirements. It > really needs to be updated (or, there needs to be a newer version of > GHC in ports). > > The patch in that PR is for GHC 6.10.1; the current > latest-and-greatest is 6.10.3 (which came out in May). > > Is possible, could the lang/ghc port be brought up-to-date? If not, > what can I do to make it possible? The patches have become stale. If you want to submit an updated patch (possibly going to the 6.10.3 if you want) I will do my best to make sure it builds properly and is committed. I can't do any runtime testing of it though. -- WXS
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