F28 System Wide Change: GHC 8.2
= System Wide Change: GHC 8.2 =
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/GHC_8.2
Change owner(s):
* Jens Petersen <petersen AT redhat DOT com>
* Haskell_SIG <haskell AT lists DOT fedoraproject DOT org>
Update the Haskell GHC compiler from major version 8.0.2 to 8.2.2.
== Detailed Description ==
This change involves updating the GHC Haskell compiler in Fedora to
the latest major version and rebuilding all the Haskell packages in
Fedora with it.
GHC 8.2 bring a number of important performance improvements and new
features, including improved DWARF support and support for the
Backpack modular packaging system. There are more details the upstream
release notes linked below.
== Scope ==
* Proposal owners: rebuild updated Haskell packages in f28-ghc
- we will base package versions off [LTS 10]
- installation of shared libraries in common directory to speed up
startup of executables
* Other developers:
None really, Haskell SIG can rebuild all packages as far as possible
* Release engineering:
https://pagure.io/releng/issue/7216
* List of deliverables:
Updated Fedora packages
* Policies and guidelines:
None planned, but will review
* Trademark approval:
N/A (not needed for this Change)
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Jan Kuřík
Platform & Fedora Program Manager
Red Hat Czech s.r.o., Purkynova 99/71, 612 45 Brno, Czech Republic