From 9969cca46dfb94674f3124b9650159568543ba82 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jens Petersen Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2021 15:06:32 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] FAQ: refresh "why LTS ghc old?" lts17 was released with 8.10.3 --- README.md | 11 +++++------ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index cc14cf07..dfd4acf5 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -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?__