GHC 9.12.1 is now available

[Shayne Fletcher]

On Mon, Dec 16, 2024 at 8:19 AM Zubin Duggal <zubin at well-typed.com> wrote:

> Ah sorry, I accidentally called the tag ghc-9.12.1 instead
> of ghc-9.12.1-release.
>
> The correct tag should be pushed now.
>

Thank-you!

>
> On 24/12/16 08:10, Shayne Fletcher wrote:
> >There does not appear to be a ghc-9.12.1-release branch?
> >
> >On Mon, Dec 16, 2024 at 5:21 AM Zubin Duggal <zubin at well-typed.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> The GHC developers are very pleased to announce the release of GHC
> 9.12.1.
> >> Binary distributions, source distributions, and documentation are
> >> available at
> >> [downloads.haskell.org][].
> >>
> >> We hope to have this release available via ghcup shortly.
> >>
> >> GHC 9.12 will bring a number of new features and improvements,
> including:
> >>
> >>   * The new language extension [OrPatterns] allowing you to combine
> >> multiple
> >>     pattern clauses into one.
> >>
> >>   * The [MultilineStrings] language extension to allow you to more
> easily
> >> write
> >>     strings spanning multiple lines in your source code.
> >>
> >>   * Improvements to the OverloadedRecordDot extension, allowing the
> >> built-in
> >>     `HasField` class to be used for records with fields of non lifted
> >> representations.
> >>
> >>   * The [NamedDefaults] language extension has been introduced allowing
> >> you to
> >>     define defaults for typeclasses other than `Num`.
> >>
> >>   * More deterministic object code output, controlled by the
> >> `-fobject-determinism`
> >>     flag, which improves determinism of builds a lot (though does not
> >> fully do so)
> >>     at the cost of some compiler performance (1-2%). See #12935 for the
> >> details
> >>
> >>   * GHC now accepts type syntax in expressions as part of [GHC Proposal
> >> #281].
> >>
> >>   * The WASM backend now has support for TemplateHaskell.
> >>
> >>   * Experimental support for the RISC-V platform with the native code
> >> generator.
> >>
> >>   * ... and many more
> >>
> >> A full accounting of changes can be found in the [release notes][].
> >> As always, GHC's release status, including planned future releases, can
> >> be found on the GHC Wiki [status][].
> >>
> >> We would like to thank GitHub, IOG, the Zw3rk stake pool,
> >> Well-Typed, Tweag I/O, Serokell, Equinix, SimSpace, the Haskell
> >> Foundation, and other anonymous contributors whose on-going financial
> >> and in-kind support has facilitated GHC maintenance and release
> >> management over the years. Finally, this release would not have been
> >> possible without the hundreds of open-source contributors whose work
> >> comprise this release.
> >>
> >> As always, do give this release a try and open a [ticket][] if you see
> >> anything amiss.
> >>
> >>
> >> [release notes]:
> >>
> https://downloads.haskell.org/ghc/9.12.1/docs/users_guide/9.12.1-notes.html
> >> [status]: https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/wikis/GHC-status
> >> [downloads.haskell.org]: https://downloads.haskell.org/ghc/9.12.1
> >> [ticket]: https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/issues/new
> >> [OrPatterns]:
> >>
> https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/blob/master/proposals/0522-or-patterns.rst
> >> [MultilineStrings]:
> >>
> https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/blob/master/proposals/0569-multiline-strings.rst
> >> [GHC Proposal #281]:
> >>
> https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/blob/master/proposals/0281-visible-forall.rst
> >> [NamedDefaults]:
> >>
> https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/blob/master/proposals/0409-exportable-named-default.rst
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> >
> >
> >--
> >Shayne Fletcher
>


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Shayne Fletcher
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