[commit: ghc] wip/ghc-8.6-backports: Release notes for 8.6.4 (a7fdfd9)

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commit a7fdfd95b3bc6502884149b12823ca3930647f00
Author: Ben Gamari <ben at smart-cactus.org>
Date:   Thu Jan 10 11:40:07 2019 -0500

    Release notes for 8.6.4


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a7fdfd95b3bc6502884149b12823ca3930647f00
 .../{8.6.3-notes.rst => 8.6.4-notes.rst}            | 21 +++++++--------------
 docs/users_guide/index.rst                          |  1 +
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/users_guide/8.6.3-notes.rst b/docs/users_guide/8.6.4-notes.rst
similarity index 76%
copy from docs/users_guide/8.6.3-notes.rst
copy to docs/users_guide/8.6.4-notes.rst
index f666e52..738b89b 100644
--- a/docs/users_guide/8.6.3-notes.rst
+++ b/docs/users_guide/8.6.4-notes.rst
@@ -1,27 +1,20 @@
-.. _release-8-6-3:
+.. _release-8-6-4:
 
-Release notes for version 8.6.3
+Release notes for version 8.6.4
 ===============================
 
-GHC 8.6.3 is a bug-fix release, fixing a few regressions found in 8.6.1 and
-8.6.2. As some of these issues are soundness issues users are strongly
-encouraged to upgrade.
+GHC 8.6.4 is a bug-fix release, fixing a few regressions found in 8.6.3.
 
 
 Highlights
 ----------
 
-The highlights, since the 8.6.2 release, are:
+The highlights, since the 8.6.3 release, are:
 
-- A bug resulting in segmentation faults in some programs has been fixed
-  (:ghc-ticket:`15892`)
-- Darwin binary distributions are now correctly built against an in-tree
-  ``libgmp`` (:ghc-ticket:`15404`)
-- Three bugs leading to linker failures on Windows has been fixed
+- A patch fixing a set of linker failures on Windows has been reverted as it unfortunately caused 
   (:ghc-ticket:`15105`, :ghc-ticket:`15894`, :ghc-ticket:`15934`)
-- A bug leading to programs with deep stacks crashing when run with retainer profiling enabled has been fixed (:ghc-ticket:`14758`)
-- A bug resulting in potential heap corruption during stable name allocation has been fixed (:ghc-ticket:`15906`)
-- Plugins are now loaded during GHCi sessions (:ghc-ticket:`15633`)
+- A bug wherein changes in default method definitions would fail to trigger
+  recompilation has been fixed (:ghc-ticket:`15970`).
 
 Known issues
 ------------
diff --git a/docs/users_guide/index.rst b/docs/users_guide/index.rst
index 11718d8..c98434c 100644
--- a/docs/users_guide/index.rst
+++ b/docs/users_guide/index.rst
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ Contents:
    8.6.1-notes
    8.6.2-notes
    8.6.3-notes
+   8.6.4-notes
    ghci
    runghc
    usage