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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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