[commit: ghc] ghc-7.8: 7.8.3 release notes. (8d457be)

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On branch  : ghc-7.8
Link       : http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/changeset/8d457befc8704a9e127155a1f91ab1e73f446a5b/ghc

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commit 8d457befc8704a9e127155a1f91ab1e73f446a5b
Author: Austin Seipp <austin at well-typed.com>
Date:   Mon Jun 9 07:31:40 2014 -0500

    7.8.3 release notes.
    
    Signed-off-by: Austin Seipp <austin at well-typed.com>


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8d457befc8704a9e127155a1f91ab1e73f446a5b
 docs/users_guide/7.8.3-notes.xml | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 44 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/users_guide/7.8.3-notes.xml b/docs/users_guide/7.8.3-notes.xml
index 1b88f5b..9d71cf5 100644
--- a/docs/users_guide/7.8.3-notes.xml
+++ b/docs/users_guide/7.8.3-notes.xml
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
   <title>Release notes for version 7.8.3</title>
 
   <para>
-    The 7.8.3 release is a bugfix release. The changes relative to
-    7.8.2 are listed below.
+    The 7.8.3 release is a bugfix release. The major bugfixes relative
+    to 7.8.2 are listed below.
   </para>
 
   <sect2>
@@ -13,7 +13,48 @@
     <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
           <para>
-            TODO FIXME
+            A bug in the register allocator which would cause GHC to
+            crash during compilation has been fixed (issue #9155).
+          </para>
+       </listitem>
+       <listitem>
+          <para>
+            A segmentation fault for compiled programs using
+            <literal>makeStableName</literal> has been fixed (issue
+            #9078).
+          </para>
+       </listitem>
+       <listitem>
+          <para>
+            A bugfix in the runtime system that could cause a
+            segmentation fault has now been fixed (issue #9045).
+          </para>
+       </listitem>
+       <listitem>
+          <para>
+            A bug in the code generator that could cause segmentation
+            faults has been fixed (issue #9001).
+          </para>
+       </listitem>
+       <listitem>
+          <para>
+            A bug which caused <literal>gcc</literal> to error when
+            compiling large assembly source files has been fixed
+            (issue #8768).
+          </para>
+       </listitem>
+       <listitem>
+          <para>
+            Several memory leaks and bugs in the runtime system and C
+            libraries have been fixed. These issues were found using
+            Coverity Scan.
+          </para>
+       </listitem>
+       <listitem>
+          <para>
+            A bug which caused the runtime system to uninstall signal
+            handlers when they were not installed was fixed (issue
+            #9068).
           </para>
        </listitem>
     </itemizedlist>