Re: [ANNOUNCE] GHC 9.8.1-alpha4 is now available
George Colpitts <[email protected]> Fri, 22 Sep 2023 20:22:14 -0300
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--===============0743121832665192024== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="00000000000023fde00605fae30e" --00000000000023fde00605fae30e Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable It seems unlikely that the current tests wouldn't find this bug. Is it the case that the tests are never run on aarch64-darwin Macs? On Fri, Sep 22, 2023 at 7:34=E2=80=AFPM George Colpitts <george.colpitts@gm= ail.com> wrote: > > - > #21570, Linker broken on M1 Mac, occurs on 9.8.1-alpha4. I have > updated the bug. My guess is that it was never addressed as the info n= eeded > tag was never removed after the required info was supplied. It might= be > good to have a test for this. > <https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/issues/21570> > - > <https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/issues/21570> > > > On Wed, Sep 20, 2023 at 1:54=E2=80=AFAM Ben Gamari <[email protected]> w= rote: > >> >> The GHC developers are very pleased to announce the availability of the >> third alpha prerelease of GHC 9.8.1. Binary distributions, source >> distributions, and documentation are available at >> >> https://downloads.haskell.org/ghc/9.8.1-alpha4 >> >> GHC 9.8 will bring a number of new features and improvements, including: >> >> * Preliminary support the `TypeAbstractions` language extension, >> allowing types to be bound in type declarations [TypeAbstractions]. >> >> * Support for the `ExtendedLiterals` extension, providing syntax for >> non-word-sized numeric literals in the surface language >> [extended-literals] >> >> * Improved rewrite rule matching behavior, allowing limited matching of >> higher-order patterns >> >> * Better support for user-defined warnings by way of the `WARNING` >> pragma [warnings] >> >> * The introduction of the new `GHC.TypeError.Unsatisfiable` >> constraint, allowing more predictable user-defined type errors >> [unsatisfiable] >> >> * Implementation of the export deprecation proposal, allowing module >> exports to be marked with `DEPRECATE` pragmas [deprecated-exports] >> >> * The addition of build semaphore support for parallel compilation; >> with coming support in `cabal-install` this will allow better use of >> parallelism in multi-package builds [jsem] >> >> * More efficient representation of info table provenance information, >> reducing binary sizes by over 50% in some cases when >> `-finfo-table-map` is in use >> >> A full accounting of changes can be found in the [release notes]. >> This alpha includes roughly 40 new commits relative to alpha 3, >> including what we believe should be nearly the last changes to GHC's >> boot libraries. >> >> We would like to thank GitHub, IOG, the Zw3rk stake pool, >> Well-Typed, Tweag I/O, Serokell, Equinix, SimSpace, the Haskell >> Foundation, and other anonymous contributors whose on-going financial >> and in-kind support has facilitated GHC maintenance and release >> management over the years. Finally, this release would not have been >> possible without the hundreds of open-source contributors whose work >> comprise this release. >> >> As always, do give this release a try and open a [ticket] if you see >> anything amiss. >> >> Happy compiling, >> >> ~ Ben >> >> [TypeAbstractions]: >> https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/blob/master/proposals/042= 5-decl-invis-binders.rst >> [extended-literals >> <https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/blob/master/proposals/04= 25-decl-invis-binders.rst%5Bextended-literals>]: >> >> https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/blob/master/proposals/045= 1-sized-literals.rst >> [unsatisfiable]: >> https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/blob/master/proposals/043= 3-unsatisfiable.rst >> [warnings]: >> https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/blob/master/proposals/054= 1-warning-pragmas-with-categories.rst >> [deprecated-exports >> <https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/blob/master/proposals/05= 41-warning-pragmas-with-categories.rst%5Bdeprecated-exports>]: >> >> https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/blob/master/proposals/013= 4-deprecating-exports-proposal.rst >> [jsem]: >> https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/blob/master/proposals/054= 0-jsem.rst >> [release notes]: >> https://downloads.haskell.org/ghc/9.8.1-alpha4/docs/users_guide/9.8.1-no= tes.html >> _______________________________________________ >> Haskell-Cafe mailing list >> To (un)subscribe, modify options or view archives go to: >> http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe >> Only members subscribed via the mailman list are allowed to post. > > --00000000000023fde00605fae30e Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:times ne= w roman,serif;font-size:large">It seems unlikely that the current tests wou= ldn't find this bug. Is it the case that the tests are never run on aar= ch64-darwin Macs?</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr= " class=3D"gmail_attr">On Fri, Sep 22, 2023 at 7:34=E2=80=AFPM George Colpi= tts <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">george.colpitts@gmail.= com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"marg= in:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1e= x"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"= font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:large"><ul style=3D= "box-sizing:border-box;font-variant-ligatures:none;margin-top:0px;margin-bo= ttom:0px;padding-left:0px;list-style:none;display:flex;line-height:16px;col= or:rgb(115,114,120);font-family:"GitLab Sans",-apple-system,"= ;system-ui","Segoe UI",Roboto,"Noto Sans",Ubuntu,C= antarell,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji"= ;,"Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol","Noto Color E= moji";font-size:14px"><li style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;display:flex;= min-width:0px;padding:2px 0px"><a href=3D"https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/gh= c/-/issues/21570" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,50,56);text-d= ecoration-line:none;background-color:transparent;font-size:12px;overflow:hi= dden;text-overflow:ellipsis;font-weight:600;line-height:16px" target=3D"_bl= ank"><br>#21570,=C2=A0Linker broken on M1 Mac, occurs on=C2=A09.8.1-alpha4.= I have updated the bug. My guess is that it was never addressed as the inf= o needed tag was never removed after the=C2=A0 required=C2=A0 info was supp= lied. It might be good to have a test for this.</a></li><li style=3D"box-si= zing:border-box;display:flex;min-width:0px;padding:2px 0px"><a href=3D"http= s://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/issues/21570" style=3D"box-sizing:border-b= ox;color:rgb(51,50,56);text-decoration-line:none;background-color:transpare= nt;font-size:12px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;font-weight:600;li= ne-height:16px" target=3D"_blank"><br></a></li></ul></div></div><br><div cl= ass=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Wed, Sep 20, 2= 023 at 1:54=E2=80=AFAM Ben Gamari <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]"= target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote c= lass=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px soli= d rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br> The GHC developers are very pleased to announce the availability of the<br> third alpha prerelease of GHC 9.8.1. Binary distributions, source<br> distributions, and documentation are available at<br> <br> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 <a href=3D"https://downloads.hask= ell.org/ghc/9.8.1-alpha4" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://down= loads.haskell.org/ghc/9.8.1-alpha4</a><br> <br> GHC 9.8 will bring a number of new features and improvements, including:<br= > <br> =C2=A0* Preliminary support the `TypeAbstractions` language extension,<br> =C2=A0 =C2=A0allowing types to be bound in type declarations [TypeAbstracti= ons].<br> <br> =C2=A0* Support for the `ExtendedLiterals` extension, providing syntax for<= br> =C2=A0 =C2=A0non-word-sized numeric literals in the surface language<br> =C2=A0 =C2=A0[extended-literals]<br> <br> =C2=A0* Improved rewrite rule matching behavior, allowing limited matching = of<br> =C2=A0 =C2=A0higher-order patterns<br> <br> =C2=A0* Better support for user-defined warnings by way of the `WARNING`<br= > =C2=A0 =C2=A0pragma [warnings]<br> <br> =C2=A0* The introduction of the new `GHC.TypeError.Unsatisfiable`<br> =C2=A0 =C2=A0constraint, allowing more predictable user-defined type errors= <br> =C2=A0 =C2=A0[unsatisfiable]<br> <br> =C2=A0* Implementation of the export deprecation proposal, allowing module<= br> =C2=A0 =C2=A0exports to be marked with `DEPRECATE` pragmas [deprecated-expo= rts]<br> <br> =C2=A0* The addition of build semaphore support for parallel compilation;<b= r> =C2=A0 =C2=A0with coming support in `cabal-install` this will allow better = use of<br> =C2=A0 =C2=A0parallelism in multi-package builds [jsem]<br> <br> =C2=A0* More efficient representation of info table provenance information,= <br> =C2=A0 =C2=A0reducing binary sizes by over 50% in some cases when<br> =C2=A0 =C2=A0`-finfo-table-map` is in use<br> <br> A full accounting of changes can be found in the [release notes].<br> This alpha includes roughly 40 new commits relative to alpha 3,<br> including what we believe should be nearly the last changes to GHC's<br= > boot libraries.<br> <br> We would like to thank GitHub, IOG, the Zw3rk stake pool,<br> Well-Typed, Tweag I/O, Serokell, Equinix, SimSpace, the Haskell<br> Foundation, and other anonymous contributors whose on-going financial<br> and in-kind support has facilitated GHC maintenance and release<br> management over the years. Finally, this release would not have been<br> possible without the hundreds of open-source contributors whose work<br> comprise this release.<br> <br> As always, do give this release a try and open a [ticket] if you see<br> anything amiss.<br> <br> Happy compiling,<br> <br> ~ Ben<br> <br> [TypeAbstractions]: <a href=3D"https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposa= ls/blob/master/proposals/0425-decl-invis-binders.rst%5Bextended-literals" r= el=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-pr= oposals/blob/master/proposals/0425-decl-invis-binders.rst<br> [extended-literals</a>]: <a href=3D"https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-pr= oposals/blob/master/proposals/0451-sized-literals.rst" rel=3D"noreferrer" t= arget=3D"_blank">https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/blob/master= /proposals/0451-sized-literals.rst</a><br> [unsatisfiable]: <a href=3D"https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/= blob/master/proposals/0433-unsatisfiable.rst" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"= _blank">https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/blob/master/proposal= s/0433-unsatisfiable.rst</a><br> [warnings]: <a href=3D"https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/blob/= master/proposals/0541-warning-pragmas-with-categories.rst%5Bdeprecated-expo= rts" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://github.com/ghc-proposals/= ghc-proposals/blob/master/proposals/0541-warning-pragmas-with-categories.rs= t<br> [deprecated-exports</a>]: <a href=3D"https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-p= roposals/blob/master/proposals/0134-deprecating-exports-proposal.rst" rel= =3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-prop= osals/blob/master/proposals/0134-deprecating-exports-proposal.rst</a><br> [jsem]: <a href=3D"https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/blob/mast= er/proposals/0540-jsem.rst" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://gi= thub.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/blob/master/proposals/0540-jsem.rst</a= ><br> [release notes]: <a href=3D"https://downloads.haskell.org/ghc/9.8.1-alpha4/= docs/users_guide/9.8.1-notes.html" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">htt= ps://downloads.haskell.org/ghc/9.8.1-alpha4/docs/users_guide/9.8.1-notes.ht= ml</a><br> _______________________________________________<br> Haskell-Cafe mailing list<br> To (un)subscribe, modify options or view archives go to:<br> <a href=3D"http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe" r= el=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman= /listinfo/haskell-cafe</a><br> Only members subscribed via the mailman list are allowed to post.</blockquo= te></div></div> </blockquote></div> --00000000000023fde00605fae30e-- --===============0743121832665192024== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: inline X19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX18KSGFza2VsbC1D YWZlIG1haWxpbmcgbGlzdApUbyAodW4pc3Vic2NyaWJlLCBtb2RpZnkgb3B0aW9ucyBvciB2aWV3 IGFyY2hpdmVzIGdvIHRvOgpodHRwOi8vbWFpbC5oYXNrZWxsLm9yZy9jZ2ktYmluL21haWxtYW4v bGlzdGluZm8vaGFza2VsbC1jYWZlCk9ubHkgbWVtYmVycyBzdWJzY3JpYmVkIHZpYSB0aGUgbWFp bG1hbiBsaXN0IGFyZSBhbGxvd2VkIHRvIHBvc3Qu --===============0743121832665192024==--