[ANNOUNCE] GHC 8.6.1-alpha1 available

[Matthew Pickering]

Users of nix can test their package using the instructions in this
gist. It should be straightforward as the 8.6.1 alpha will be
downloaded from the binary cache.

https://gist.github.com/mpickering/fd26e9f03d6cb88cbb91b90b6019f3dd

The compiler will use patches form head.hackage in order to build dependencies.

Any problems, let me know.

Matt


On Sat, Jun 30, 2018 at 10:26 PM, Ben Gamari <ben at well-typed.com> wrote:
>
> The GHC development team is pleased to announce the first
> alpha release leading up to GHC 8.6.1. The usual release artifacts
> are available from
>
>     https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/8.6.1-alpha1
>
> This is the first release (partially) generated using our new CI
> infrastructure. One known issue is that the haddock documentation is
> currently unavailable. This will be fixed in the next alpha release. Do
> let us know if you spot anything else amiss.
>
> As always, do let us know if you encounter any trouble in the course of
> testing. Thanks for your help!
>
> Cheers,
>
> - Ben
>
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