[ANNOUNCE] Glasgow Haskell Compiler 8.0.1, release candidate 1

[Karel Gardas]

SHA256SUM: https://app.box.com/s/0t3kutu8i3xhhs1vh97x6vcmjdnvlm78

Sorry for noise,

Karel

On 01/14/16 10:27 PM, Karel Gardas wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I've build two builds for Solaris 11.2:
>
> i386: https://app.box.com/s/1m75kzunzsz6bqh77py5517t39734446
> amd64: https://app.box.com/s/y583zs1tqduz8lbppt66z1qlxms0vytg
>
> Both binary distributions support shared libraries and use system
> provided GMP library. If you do not have it installed then you should do
> that using "pkg install library/gmp" command.
>
>
> and one build for OpenBSD 5.9 (current):
>
> amd64: https://app.box.com/s/95lpdhoc5h0zs0mx3chlacdl3hskzkqi
>
> This binary distribution also supports shared libraries and by default
> also OpenBSD position independent executables (PIE). It requires gmp,
> libffi and libiconv to be installed by "pkg_add <package>" command.
>
>
> SPARC build for Solaris 11.2 is ongoing.
>
> Karel
>
>
> On 01/13/16 04:43 PM, Ben Gamari wrote:
>>
>> The GHC Team is very pleased to announce the first release candidate of
>> the Glasgow Haskell Compiler 8.0.1 release. Source and binary
>> distributions as well as the newly revised users guide can be found at
>>
>>      http://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/8.0.1-rc1/
>>
>> This is the first in a series of release candidates which will allow us
>> to get wider testing of the significant changes that have occurred since
>> the 7.10 series. These include,
>>
>>   * the TypeInType extension, which unifies types and kinds allowing for
>>     promotion of more Haskell constructs to the type-level
>>
>>   * the introduction of type application in source programs
>>
>>   * support for recursive superclass relationships
>>
>>   * support for Applicative do notation
>>
>>   * introduction of the DuplicateRecordFields language extension
>>
>>   * a rewritten and substantially more thorough pattern match checker
>>
>>   * the introduction of injective type classes
>>
>>   * introduction of the Strict and StrictData language extensions,
>>     allowing modules to be compiled with strict-by-default evaluation
>>     of bindings
>>
>>   * the ability to run the GHCi interpreter in a separate process,
>>     allowing a callstacks in GHCi, easier integration with tooling, and
>>     more
>>
>> and much more.
>>
>> Changes of this magnitude will invariably bring bugs. This release
>> candidate in particular is known to suffer from a few significant issues
>> which are being actively worked upon,
>>
>>   * The new -XInjectiveTypeFamilies language extension will likely be
>>     renamed to -XTypeFamilyDependencies
>>
>>   * #11120: Type representations are missing for some types and promoted
>>     constructors
>>
>>   * #11334: Solving for Typeable (Proxy :: Proxy 'Compose) fails
>>
>>   * #11276: Pattern checker performance can degrade significantly in
>>     presence of pattern matches with guards
>>
>>   * #11405: Type-level skolem-escape check fails incorrectly
>>
>>   * #11414: Use of -XStrict results in compiler abort
>>
>>   * #11379: Instance solver fails to terminate
>>
>>   * #11419: Haddock documentation is currently not included in the binary
>>     distributions (and hence is missing on downloads.haskell.org)
>>
>>   * #11370: -Wredundant-constraints being included in -Wall breaks
>>     the three-release compatibility policy
>>
>> In the coming weeks we will continue to iterate on these issues. We will
>> also look at Trac tickets marked with "highest" priority on the release
>> status page [2].
>>
>> If you have a ticket that you would like to see addressed that does not
>> meet one of these criteria, please bring this to our attention.
>> Likewise, if you encounter an issue please open a ticket if one does not
>> already exist.
>>
>> Also note that we currently cannot offer 32-bit Windows builds due to
>> breaking changing in a recent Windows 10 upgrade. We'll work to
>> resolve this before the 8.0 release but please let us know if this poses
>> a significant problem for you.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> - Ben
>>
>>
>> [1] https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2015-12/msg00003.htm
>> [2] https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Status/GHC-8.0.1
>>
>>
>>
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