[ANNOUNCE] GHC 9.2.2 is not available

[George Colpitts]

Thanks Ben

When I do an install on macos Monterey 12.2.1 (Intel) I get

ghc-pkg-9.2.2 cannot be opened because the developer cannot be verified


On Sun, Mar 6, 2022 at 7:02 PM Ben Gamari <ben at well-typed.com> wrote:

>
> The GHC developers are very happy to at announce the availability of GHC
>
> 9.2.2. Binary distributions, source distributions, and documentation are
>
> available at downloads.haskell.org:
>
>    https://downloads.haskell.org/ghc/9.2.2
>
> This release includes many bug-fixes and other improvements to 9.2.1
> including:
>
>  * A number of bug-fixes in the new AArch64 native code generator
>
>  * Fixes ensuring that the `indexWord8ArrayAs*#` family of primops is
> handled
>    correctly on platforms lacking support for unaligned memory accesses
>    (#21015, #20987).
>
>  * Improvements to the compatibility story in GHC's migration to the
>    XDG Base Directory Specification (#20684, #20669, #20660)
>
>  * Restored compatibility with Windows 7
>
>  * A new `-fcompact-unwind` flag, improving compatibility with C++
> libraries on
>    Apple Darwin (#11829)
>
>  * Introduction of a new flag, `-fcheck-prim-bounds`, enabling runtime
> bounds
>    checking of array primops (#20769)
>
>  * Unboxing of unlifted types (#20663)
>
>  * Numerous improvements in compiler performance.
>
>  * Many, many others. See the [release notes] for a full list.
>
> As some of the fixed issues do affect correctness users are encouraged to
>
> upgrade promptly.
>
> Finally, thank you to Microsoft Research, GitHub, IOHK, the Zw3rk stake
> pool, Tweag I/O, Serokell, Equinix, SimSpace, and other anonymous
> contributors whose on-going financial and in-kind support has
> facilitated GHC maintenance and release management over the years.
> Moreover, this release would not have been possible without the hundreds
>
> of open-source contributors whose work comprise this release.
>
> As always, do open a [ticket][] if you see anything amiss.
>
> Happy compiling,
>
> - Ben
>
>
> [ticket]: https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/issues/new
> [release notes]:
> https://downloads.haskell.org/ghc/9.2.2/docs/html/users_guide/9.2.2-notes.html
>
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