[MacPorts] #25558: ghc: update to latest version

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#25558: ghc: update to latest version
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 Reporter:  jwiegley@…          |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
     Type:  update              |      Status:  assigned                             
 Priority:  Normal              |   Milestone:                                       
Component:  ports               |     Version:                                       
 Keywords:                      |        Port:  ghc ghc-devel                        
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Comment(by kitchen.andy@…):

 Replying to [comment:75 cal@…]:
 > I hardly know the Haskell community, so I'll have to rely on what people
 are telling me. I can just comment on the MacPorts side of things here.
 I find the community can be a bit risk adverse sometimes. I think it's
 best to have fast rolling releases.

 > I think we can move the current state of the ghc port into hs-platform-
 ghc, mark it conflicting with ghc, replace the dependencies in the hs-
 platform packages and update ghc. This would preserve the current state of
 the haskell-platform packages in MacPorts (although I'm not sure it's
 worth the effort, because I don't know whether anybody still uses haskell-
 platform 2009.2.0.2).

 > I also think using gcc47 as the default variant is justified, because it
 causes less test failures.
 >
 > Meanwhile, I've forked the haskell-platform and hs-platform-* packages
 into my private repository to work on updating them. If you want to help
 out, have a look at source:/users/cal/ports/devel.

 I've already updated enough packages to get the newest version of cabal-
 install through macports,
 I'll attach those files as well.

 > Can you submit a version of the Portfile with the maintainer and default
 variant changed? I've been modifying my copy locally and have lost track
 of the diffs to the versions discussed here.

 Done, I would really like commit access, because I've just updated a bunch
 of octave ports as well.


 Regards

 AK

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