<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif;font-size:large">Will 8.8.1 use llvm 7.0.1? I don't see it mentioned in the release notes.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif;font-size:large">Cheers</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif;font-size:large">George</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif;font-size:large"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Jun 15, 2019 at 4:36 PM Ben Gamari <<a href="mailto:ben@well-typed.com">ben@well-typed.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hello everyone,<br>
<br>
The GHC team is pleased to announce the second and likely last alpha<br>
release of GHC 8.8.1. The source distribution, binary distributions, and<br>
documentation are available at<br>
<br>
<a href="https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/8.8.1-alpha2" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/8.8.1-alpha2</a><br>
<br>
A draft of the release notes is also available [1].<br>
<br>
This release is the culmination of over 3000 commits by over one hundred<br>
contributors and has several new features and numerous bug fixes<br>
relative to GHC 8.6:<br>
<br>
* Profiling now works correctly on 64-bit Windows (although still may<br>
be problematic on 32-bit Windows due to platform limitations; see<br>
#15934)<br>
<br>
* A new code layout algorithm for amd64's native code generator<br>
<br>
* The introduction of a late lambda-lifting pass which may reduce<br>
allocations significantly for some programs.<br>
<br>
* Further work on Trees That Grow, enabling improved code re-use of the<br>
Haskell AST in tooling<br>
<br>
* More locations where users can write `forall` (GHC Proposal #0007)<br>
<br>
* Further work on the Hadrian build system<br>
<br>
This release brings a number of fixes since alpha 1:<br>
<br>
* A number of linker fixes (#16779, #16784)<br>
<br>
* The process, binary, Cabal, time, terminfo libraries have all been<br>
bumped to their final release versions<br>
<br>
* A regression rendering TemplateHaskell unusable in cross-compiled<br>
configurations has been fixed (#16331)<br>
<br>
* A regression causing compiler panics on compilation of some programs<br>
has been fixed (#16449)<br>
<br>
* -Wmissing-home-modules now handles hs-boot files correctly (#16551)<br>
<br>
* A regression causing some programs to fail at runtime has been fixed<br>
(#16066)<br>
<br>
Due to on-going work on our release and testing infrastructure this<br>
cycle is proceeding at a pace significantly slower than expected.<br>
However, we anticipate that this investment will allow us to release a<br>
more reliable, easier-to-install compiler on the planned six-month<br>
release cadence in the future.<br>
<br>
As always, if anything looks amiss do let us know.<br>
<br>
Happy compiling!<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
<br>
- Ben<br>
<br>
[1] <a href="https://downloads.haskell.org/ghc/8.8.1-alpha2/docs/html/users_guide/8.8.1-notes.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://downloads.haskell.org/ghc/8.8.1-alpha2/docs/html/users_guide/8.8.1-notes.html</a><br>
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