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@@ -92,13 +92,12 @@ __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.
+to a new stable Stackage major version release. There can also be
+ghc regressions that hold up a LTS major release.
 
-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.
+The lag for minor ghc releases should be less
+but it still requires extra work and there is usually some delay - this also
+allows for some community testing before updating LTS.
 
 __Why does Stackage have an older version of a package than Hackage?__