[darcs-devel] [issue973] darcs whatsnew significantly slower on hashed format (ghc 6.8.2 bug affecting Debian and Ubuntu)

[Mark Stosberg]

Mark Stosberg <mark at summersault.com> added the comment:

> Why did they just take that one fix from 6.8.3?  There were a bunch of other 
> really important fixes in 6.8.3, and since you still have to recompile all the
> libraries anyway it would seem sensible to just move to 6.8.3.

Simon,

They explained this in the Ubuntu bug thread:

1. There is not time for a full re-build of everything that is effected before
the Intrepid release-- it was considered. 
2. It was determined that this one fix could be done without breaking the ABI,
and be done in time. 

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghc6/+bug/263773

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