ANNOUNCE: GHC version 6.10.4

[Gregory Wright]

Hi Yitz,

Yitzchak Gale wrote:
>>    The (Interactive) Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 6.10.4
>> How to get it
>>        http://www.haskell.org/ghc/
>>     
>
> I have a few comments about the "Distribution Packages" page
> that is linked from there:
>
> http://www.haskell.org/ghc/distribution_packages.html
>
> Debian:
>
> Remove the line "Newer packages may be available in Haskell Unsafe."
> That stuff is very, very old.
>
> Mac OS X:
>
> Paragraph beginning "Contrary to the recommendation at
> the top of this page... rather than using the alternatives
> below." It makes no sense. It appears to be referring to
> an older version of the page.
>
> "Both 10.3 (Panther) and 10.4 (Tiger) are supported."
> should be changed to 10.4 (Tiger) and 10.5 (Leopard).
>
> The paragraph about the ghc-devel port should be removed,
> I think. The port still exists, but it doesn't seem to be actively
> supported since 6.7. Anyone who wants to use GHC HEAD
> will probably just build current HEAD manually. (Greg - is
> this correct?)
>
>   
The ghc-devel port is not supported now. I will modify it to print a 
message to
that effect.  When there is a more reliable procedure for development builds
is available I can re-enable the port.
> Thanks,
> Yitz
>
>