[darcs-users] upcoming darcs 2.8.4: ghc 7.6 support

[Ben Franksen]

Ganesh Sittampalam wrote:
> I've just fixed this on HEAD, and I've got a candidate backported patch
> for 2.8:
> http://hub.darcs.net/ganesh/branch-2.8-
issue2199/patch/20121218191024-81bb2
> 
> I'm in two minds about whether to do this on 2.8; the fix (probably)
> changes the behaviour of --tag, --from-tag, --to-tag for all commands. I
> think it's the right change, but it feels a bit big for a point release.
> On the other hand this is a nasty bug that I think is also a regression
> from 2.5.
> 
> Just to get a sense of the options, is using a custom darcs an option
> for you? You could either use HEAD or a patched 2.8.

Hi Ganesh

many thanks for providing this fix! Sorry I did not answer sooner, christmas 
holidays etc.

Using a custom darcs is an option, and I would use it, even if it is a bit 
less than optimal for us, because some of my co-developers would rather use 
a darcs that comes with their linux distribution; a 2.8.x bugfix release 
would probably make a bit sooner it into distributions that a 2.10.

I will certainly get your branch and try it out; probably will install it on 
our development machine, but as I said this will not affect all our 
developers, so I would strongly vote for a 2.8 release with this fix.

Thanks again and
Cheers
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