[Git][ghc/ghc][wip/9.2.8] Prepare release 9.2.8

[Zubin (@wz1000)]

Zubin pushed to branch wip/9.2.8 at Glasgow Haskell Compiler / GHC


Commits:
b361bcb0 by Zubin Duggal at 2023-05-24T19:31:59+05:30
Prepare release 9.2.8

Allow metric changes for 9.2.8 as baseline is from a release pipeline

Metric Decrease:
    haddock.base
    haddock.Cabal
    haddock.compiler
Metric Increase:
    ManyAlternatives
    ManyConstructors
    T10421
    T10858
    T12227
    T12425
    T12707
    T13035
    T13253
    T13719
    T15164
    T16577
    T18304
    T18698a
    T18698b
    T3294
    T5321FD
    T5642
    T9203
    T9233
    T9630
    T9872a
    T9872b
    T9872c
    T9872d
    T14697
    T12545
    T1969
    parsing001

- - - - -


3 changed files:

- configure.ac
- + docs/users_guide/9.2.8-notes.rst
- docs/users_guide/release-notes.rst


Changes:

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configure.ac
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@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ dnl
 # see what flags are available. (Better yet, read the documentation!)
 #
 
-AC_INIT([The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System], [9.2.7], [glasgow-haskell-bugs at haskell.org], [ghc-AC_PACKAGE_VERSION])
+AC_INIT([The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System], [9.2.8], [glasgow-haskell-bugs at haskell.org], [ghc-AC_PACKAGE_VERSION])
     # Version on HEAD must be X.Y (not X.Y.Z) for ProjectVersionMunged variable
     # to be useful (cf #19058)
 


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docs/users_guide/9.2.8-notes.rst
=====================================
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+.. _release-9-2-8:
+
+Version 9.2.8
+==============
+
+The significant changes to the various parts of the compiler are listed in the
+following sections.
+
+The :ghc-flag:`LLVM backend <-fllvm>` of this release is to be used with LLVM
+9, 10, 11, or 12.
+
+Runtime system
+--------------
+
+- Fix a bug with RTS linker failing with 'internal error: m32_allocator_init:
+  Failed to map' on newer Linux kernels (:ghc-ticket:`19421`).
+
+Included libraries
+------------------
+
+The package database provided with this distribution also contains a number of
+packages other than GHC itself. See the changelogs provided with these packages
+for further change information.
+
+.. ghc-package-list::
+
+    libraries/array/array.cabal:             Dependency of ``ghc`` library
+    libraries/base/base.cabal:               Core library
+    libraries/binary/binary.cabal:           Dependency of ``ghc`` library
+    libraries/bytestring/bytestring.cabal:   Dependency of ``ghc`` library
+    libraries/Cabal/Cabal/Cabal.cabal:       Dependency of ``ghc-pkg`` utility
+    libraries/containers/containers/containers.cabal:   Dependency of ``ghc`` library
+    libraries/deepseq/deepseq.cabal:         Dependency of ``ghc`` library
+    libraries/directory/directory.cabal:     Dependency of ``ghc`` library
+    libraries/exceptions/exceptions.cabal:   Dependency of ``ghc`` and ``haskeline`` library
+    libraries/filepath/filepath.cabal:       Dependency of ``ghc`` library
+    compiler/ghc.cabal:                      The compiler itself
+    libraries/ghci/ghci.cabal:               The REPL interface
+    libraries/ghc-boot/ghc-boot.cabal:       Internal compiler library
+    libraries/ghc-boot-th/ghc-boot-th.cabal: Internal compiler library
+    libraries/ghc-compact/ghc-compact.cabal: Core library
+    libraries/ghc-heap/ghc-heap.cabal:       GHC heap-walking library
+    libraries/ghc-prim/ghc-prim.cabal:       Core library
+    libraries/haskeline/haskeline.cabal:     Dependency of ``ghci`` executable
+    libraries/hpc/hpc.cabal:                 Dependency of ``hpc`` executable
+    libraries/integer-gmp/integer-gmp.cabal: Core library
+    libraries/libiserv/libiserv.cabal:       Internal compiler library
+    libraries/mtl/mtl.cabal:                 Dependency of ``Cabal`` library
+    libraries/parsec/parsec.cabal:           Dependency of ``Cabal`` library
+    libraries/pretty/pretty.cabal:           Dependency of ``ghc`` library
+    libraries/process/process.cabal:         Dependency of ``ghc`` library
+    libraries/stm/stm.cabal:                 Dependency of ``haskeline`` library
+    libraries/template-haskell/template-haskell.cabal:     Core library
+    libraries/terminfo/terminfo.cabal:       Dependency of ``haskeline`` library
+    libraries/text/text.cabal:               Dependency of ``Cabal`` library
+    libraries/time/time.cabal:               Dependency of ``ghc`` library
+    libraries/transformers/transformers.cabal: Dependency of ``ghc`` library
+    libraries/unix/unix.cabal:               Dependency of ``ghc`` library
+    libraries/Win32/Win32.cabal:             Dependency of ``ghc`` library
+    libraries/xhtml/xhtml.cabal:             Dependency of ``haddock`` executable
+
+


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docs/users_guide/release-notes.rst
=====================================
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ Release notes
    9.2.5-notes
    9.2.6-notes
    9.2.7-notes
+   9.2.8-notes



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