GHC 8.0.1-rc4 source tarball availability

[Carter Schonwald]

heres my OSX build that matches up with that RC4 commit / 8.0 tip
https://wellposed-carter-files.s3.amazonaws.com/opensource/ghc/releasebuild-unofficial/ghc-8.0.0.20160421-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.xz

$ shasum -a512 ghc-8.0.0.20160421-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.xz
3ecd0a9c4578ac38883de03f66e8d86955368eec2bea52a409de0053386b53c89ac954b2806ef5ac73bb924d62821ce685ff5301b780646fedd45c99d5942a90
 ghc-8.0.0.20160421-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.xz

On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 10:27 AM, Ben Gamari <ben at well-typed.com> wrote:

> tl;dr: If you would like to produce a binary distribution for GHC
>        8.0.1-rc4 then let us know, grab the source distribution and
>        start building. The binary distributions will be all released one
>        week from today.
>
> Hello GHC packagers,
>
> I am happy to announce the release of the 8.0.1-rc4 source distribution
> to binary packagers. This release should resolve all of the issues noted
> in the release candidate 3 announcement. You will find the usual
> artifacts at
>
>     http://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/8.0.1-rc4/
>
> For this candidate we are again following our new release policy [1],
> with a one-week delay between the release of the source and binary
> distributions. The goal of this policy is to give all platforms the
> opportunity for support from the first day of a release.
>
> If all of the expected binary releases are submitted before the
> week-long delay has elapsed, we will move forward with the release of
> the binaries on an accelerated schedule. It would be appreciated if you
> could reply to this message confirming that you intend to offer a binary
> distribution this release.
>
> Otherwise, let either Austin or I know if you have any trouble building
> your distribution. I have yet to push the ghc-8.0.1-rc4 tag in case we
> encounter unexpected issues but all of my builds with this tarball
> thusfar have gone quite well.
>
> Good luck and thanks for all of your work!
>
> Cheers,
>
> - Ben
>
>
> [1] https://mail.haskell.org/pipermail/ghc-devs/2016-March/011546.html
>
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