[commit: ghc] ghc-8.2: relnotes: More updates (f4014d1)

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Fri Jul 21 02:16:21 UTC 2017


Repository : ssh://git@git.haskell.org/ghc

On branch  : ghc-8.2
Link       : http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/changeset/f4014d19319129d95fefdc2bc636062a6b175585/ghc

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commit f4014d19319129d95fefdc2bc636062a6b175585
Author: Ben Gamari <ben at smart-cactus.org>
Date:   Thu Jul 20 21:48:01 2017 -0400

    relnotes: More updates


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f4014d19319129d95fefdc2bc636062a6b175585
 docs/users_guide/8.2.1-notes.rst | 17 ++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/users_guide/8.2.1-notes.rst b/docs/users_guide/8.2.1-notes.rst
index 2f8642e..540d22c 100644
--- a/docs/users_guide/8.2.1-notes.rst
+++ b/docs/users_guide/8.2.1-notes.rst
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ performance improvements over the 8.0 branch.
 Highlights
 ----------
 
-The highlights since the 8.0 release are:
+The highlights since the 8.0 release include:
 
 - A new, more expressive ``Typeable`` mechanism
 
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ The highlights since the 8.0 release are:
 
 - Compact regions support, allowing efficient garbage collection of large heaps
 
+- More reliable DWARF debug information
+
 Full details
 ------------
 
@@ -427,7 +429,7 @@ network.
 ghc-prim
 ~~~~~~~~
 
--  Version number 0.5.0.0 (was 0.3.1.0)
+-  Version number 0.5.1.0 (was 0.3.1.0)
 
 -  Added new ``isByteArrayPinned#`` and ``isMutableByteArrayPinned#`` operation.
 
@@ -452,12 +454,12 @@ integer-gmp
 process
 ~~~~~~~
 
--  Version number 1.6.0.0 (was 1.4.3.0)
+-  Version number 1.6.1.0 (was 1.4.3.0)
 
 template-haskell
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
--  Version 2.12.0.0 XXXXX (was 2.11.1.0)
+-  Version 2.12.0.0 (was 2.11.1.0)
 
 -  Added support for unboxed sums :ghc-ticket:`12478`.
 
@@ -476,10 +478,15 @@ unix
 Win32
 ~~~~~
 
--  Version number 2.3.1.1 (was 2.3.1.1)
+-  Version number 2.5.4.1 (was 2.3.1.1)
 
 Known bugs
 ----------
 
 - At least one known program regresses in compile time significantly over 8.0.
   See :ghc-ticket:`13535`.
+
+- Some uses of type applications may cause GHC to panic. See :ghc-ticket:`13819`.
+
+- The compiler may loop during typechecking on some modules using
+  :ghc-flag:`-XUndecidableInstances`. See :ghc-ticket:`13943`.



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