From 7aef5af4cd04d57d0d07f188b19fd3140b05930e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jens Petersen Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2020 15:51:15 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] Readme: faq entry about why lts is on older ghc [skip ci] --- README.md | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 66cf4e26..cc14cf07 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -88,6 +88,18 @@ The following describes at a high level the series of steps for processing Frequently Asked Questions -------------------------- +__Why is Stackage LTS still on an older version of GHC?__ + +Typically it takes some months from a new major ghc release before +the Haskell ecosystem supports it fully enough that we can push it +to a new stable Stackage major version release. The lag for minor ghc releases +should be less but it still requires extra work and there is usually +some delay, but this also allows for sufficient community testing before updating. + +eg Currently there is a 8.10.2 issue with linking on Windows. +Once 8.10.3 is out and we are satisfied it is working well in Nightly +we will plan to move to release LTS 17 based on ghc-8.10. + __Why does Stackage have an older version of a package than Hackage?__ There are a number of answers to this question: