Group: perl.perl6.compiler


Subject: pugs with ghc 6.8.1
From: darren@DarrenDuncan.net (Darren Duncan)
Date: 11/17/2007 1:10:52 PM
At 4:02 PM +0000 11/17/07, Wim Vanderbauwhede wrote: >I have patched Pugs for compilation with GHC 6.8.1. However, the changes >break the 6.6.1 build (a.o. because of the change in the bytestring API and >the way wobbly types are handled). > >So do we stick with 6.6.1 or upgrade to 6.8.1? > >Cheers, > >Wim I think the only reason not to break 6.6.1 is if there are any major platforms that 6.6.1 runs on and 6.8.1 doesn't. Or alternately, only break if it isn't easy enough to work around their differences with conditionals. -- Darren Duncan