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FAQ: refresh "why LTS ghc old?"
9969ccaJens Petersen
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93Typically it takes some months from a new major ghc release before
93Typically it takes some months from a new major ghc release before
94the Haskell ecosystem supports it fully enough that we can push it
94the Haskell ecosystem supports it fully enough that we can push it
95−to a new stable Stackage major version release. The lag for minor ghc releases
95+to a new stable Stackage major version release. There can also be
96−should be less but it still requires extra work and there is usually
96+ghc regressions that hold up a LTS major release.
97−some delay, but this also allows for sufficient community testing before updating.
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99−eg Currently there is a 8.10.2 issue with linking on Windows.
98+The lag for minor ghc releases should be less
100−Once 8.10.3 is out and we are satisfied it is working well in Nightly
99+but it still requires extra work and there is usually some delay - this also
101−we will plan to move to release LTS 17 based on ghc-8.10.
100+allows for some community testing before updating LTS.
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103__Why does Stackage have an older version of a package than Hackage?__
102__Why does Stackage have an older version of a package than Hackage?__
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