Re: [ANNOUNCE] GHC 8.8.1-alpha2 is now available
Ben Gamari <[email protected]>
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That is true and this will be fixed for the release candidate. However Debian 8 is now no longer Debian's current stable release so I wasn't prioritizing this issue. If the lack of a Debian 8 distribution is preventing anyone from testing please let me know. Cheers, - Ben On June 17, 2019 6:24:16 AM EDT, Matthew Pickering <[email protected]> wrote: >There seems to be no debian8 bindist which is different from every >release at least back to ghc-8.0.1. > >On Sat, Jun 15, 2019 at 8:36 PM Ben Gamari <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hello everyone, >> >> The GHC team is pleased to announce the second and likely last alpha >> release of GHC 8.8.1. The source distribution, binary distributions, >and >> documentation are available at >> >> https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/8.8.1-alpha2 >> >> A draft of the release notes is also available [1]. >> >> This release is the culmination of over 3000 commits by over one >hundred >> contributors and has several new features and numerous bug fixes >> relative to GHC 8.6: >> >> * Profiling now works correctly on 64-bit Windows (although still >may >> be problematic on 32-bit Windows due to platform limitations; see >> #15934) >> >> * A new code layout algorithm for amd64's native code generator >> >> * The introduction of a late lambda-lifting pass which may reduce >> allocations significantly for some programs. >> >> * Further work on Trees That Grow, enabling improved code re-use of >the >> Haskell AST in tooling >> >> * More locations where users can write `forall` (GHC Proposal #0007) >> >> * Further work on the Hadrian build system >> >> This release brings a number of fixes since alpha 1: >> >> * A number of linker fixes (#16779, #16784) >> >> * The process, binary, Cabal, time, terminfo libraries have all been >> bumped to their final release versions >> >> * A regression rendering TemplateHaskell unusable in cross-compiled >> configurations has been fixed (#16331) >> >> * A regression causing compiler panics on compilation of some >programs >> has been fixed (#16449) >> >> * -Wmissing-home-modules now handles hs-boot files correctly >(#16551) >> >> * A regression causing some programs to fail at runtime has been >fixed >> (#16066) >> >> Due to on-going work on our release and testing infrastructure this >> cycle is proceeding at a pace significantly slower than expected. >> However, we anticipate that this investment will allow us to release >a >> more reliable, easier-to-install compiler on the planned six-month >> release cadence in the future. >> >> As always, if anything looks amiss do let us know. >> >> Happy compiling! >> >> Cheers, >> >> - Ben >> >> [1] >https://downloads.haskell.org/ghc/8.8.1-alpha2/docs/html/users_guide/8.8.1-notes.html >> _______________________________________________ >> ghc-devs mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ghc-devs -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. _______________________________________________ ghc-devs mailing list [email protected] http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ghc-devs