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@chreekat

In less cheerful news, nobody besides me has contributed any code to the FreeBSD CI experiment. That means there is still no FreeBSD CI for GHC. Consequently, there are no bugfixes for the platform.

This is a result of FreeBSD being a Tier 2 platform:

And therefore just like for other Tier 2 platforms we do not provide official distribution for these platforms, generally don’t prioritize fixing bugs which only happen on these platforms, and don’t consider bugs on these platforms as release critical.

So how can FreeBSD be promoted?

For a platform to qualify as a tier 1 platform it must have:

• An active GitLab CI runner, capable of doing full builds and uploading binary distributions.
• An active sponsor, willing to investigate and fix platform-specific bugs, and to work with us during the release process.

Tier 1 platforms - GHC wiki

Hence the FreeBSD CI experiment:

chreekat:

With enough user contribution and enthusiasm, this could result in a revival of official FreeBSD support for future GHC releases.

My role in this is solely to support anybody who wants to come along and help. That said, I am personally excited about GHC running on as many platforms as possible, so I do hope someone steps up.