[commit: ghc] ghc-7.6: Start on release notes for 7.6.2 (d99810d)
Ian Lynagh <[email protected]>
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Repository : ssh://darcs.haskell.org//srv/darcs/ghc On branch : ghc-7.6 http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/changeset/d99810d8d8e126961e5caab3324adfcc67c87eea >--------------------------------------------------------------- commit d99810d8d8e126961e5caab3324adfcc67c87eea Author: Ian Lynagh <[email protected]> Date: Fri Dec 7 00:18:29 2012 +0000 Start on release notes for 7.6.2 >--------------------------------------------------------------- docs/users_guide/7.6.2-notes.xml | 196 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ docs/users_guide/intro.xml | 1 + docs/users_guide/ug-ent.xml.in | 1 + 3 files changed, 198 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/users_guide/7.6.2-notes.xml b/docs/users_guide/7.6.2-notes.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d17bfbd --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/users_guide/7.6.2-notes.xml @@ -0,0 +1,196 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> +<sect1 id="release-7-6-2"> + <title>Release notes for version 7.6.2</title> + + <para> + The 7.6.2 release is a bugfix release. The changes relative to + 7.6.1 are listed below. + </para> + + <sect2> + <title>GHC</title> + + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para> + A long-standing typechecker bug which allowed + <literal>unsafeCoerce</literal> to be written has been + fixed. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + A bug has been fixed that caused GHC to sometimes not + realise that recompilation was necessary. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + If both <literal>-H</literal> and a + <literal>-M<size></literal> flag are given, then + GHC will no longer exceed the maximum heap size. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + An off-by-one error, which could cause segfaults, in the + RTS flag parsing has been fixed. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Various bugs that could cause GHC to panic when compiling + certain source files have been fixed. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Some bugs in type checking the + <literal>DataKinds</literal> and + <literal>PolyKinds</literal> + extensions have been fixed. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Performance of compiled programs has been improved in + some cases. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + A bug in the RTS, which caused programs to keep waking up + when they should be idle, has been fixed. This will + particularly help long-running often-idle programs such as + xmonad. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + It is now possible to build on Sparc/Solaris with a + non-GNU linker. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + A bug which caused GHCi to fail to start on some 64bit + Windows installations has been fixed. GHCi can now only + use a 32bit address space on 64bit Windows. + </para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </sect2> + + <sect2> + <title>Haddock</title> + + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para> + Haddock now handles deprecation messages for re-exported + entities correctly. + </para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </sect2> + + <sect2> + <title>Hsc2hs</title> + + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para> + Hsc2hs now handles absolute filenames on Windows correctly. + </para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </sect2> + + <sect2> + <title>Libraries</title> + + <sect3> + <title>base</title> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para> + Version number 4.6.0.1 (was 4.6.0.0) + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + A bug in division of 64bit values on 32bit platforms has + been fixed. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The <literal>labelThread</literal> function now handles + Unicode values correctly. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + There have been some build fixes for building on NetBSD. + </para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </sect3> + + <sect3> + <title>bytestring</title> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para> + Version number 0.10.0.2 (was 0.10.0.0) + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + A bug has been fixed that could cause programs using + <literal>ByteString</literal>s to give the wrong + result. + </para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </sect3> + + <sect3> + <title>directory</title> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para> + Version number 1.2.0.1 (was 1.2.0.0) + </para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </sect3> + + <sect3> + <title>unix</title> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para> + Version number 2.6.0.1 (was 2.6.0.0) + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Fixed a bug which caused memory corruption when + <literal>putEnv</literal> is used. + </para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </sect3> + </sect2> +</sect1> + diff --git a/docs/users_guide/intro.xml b/docs/users_guide/intro.xml index 5ec013f..66c72d1 100644 --- a/docs/users_guide/intro.xml +++ b/docs/users_guide/intro.xml @@ -353,6 +353,7 @@ &relnotes1; +&relnotes2; </chapter> diff --git a/docs/users_guide/ug-ent.xml.in b/docs/users_guide/ug-ent.xml.in index 37df568..b01f2de 100644 --- a/docs/users_guide/ug-ent.xml.in +++ b/docs/users_guide/ug-ent.xml.in @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ <!ENTITY license SYSTEM "license.xml"> <!ENTITY intro SYSTEM "intro.xml" > <!ENTITY relnotes1 SYSTEM "7.6.1-notes.xml" > +<!ENTITY relnotes2 SYSTEM "7.6.2-notes.xml" > <!ENTITY using SYSTEM "using.xml" > <!ENTITY code-gens SYSTEM "codegens.xml" > <!ENTITY runtime SYSTEM "runtime_control.xml" >