[Haskell-cafe] ANNOUNCE: GHC version 7.10.2

Thu Jul 30 05:24:16 UTC 2015

Is anyone else having trouble downloading the FreeBSD binaries? I’m getting 403
Forbidden errors:

$ curl -sSL http://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/7.10.2/ghc-7.10.2-i386-portbld-freebsd.tar.xz

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$ curl -sSL http://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/7.10.2/ghc-7.10.2-x86_64-portbld-freebsd.tar.xz
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On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 8:26 AM, Ben Gamari <ben at well-typed.com> wrote:

>
> =====================================================================
>     The (Interactive) Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 7.10.2
> =====================================================================
>
> The GHC Team is pleased to announce a new bug-fix release of GHC,
> 7.10.2.
>
> There have been a number of significant bug fixes since the 7.10.1 (with
> over 70 defects fixed). These include fixes affecting type-checker
> correctness, runtime stability, and compiler performance. For this
> reason we highly recommend that users of 7.10.1 upgrade quickly.
>
> Note that due to changes made in this release to GHC's optimizer,
> previously fragile-but-working rewrite rules may fail to fire. One
> example of this was found in the widely-used `text` package late in the
> release cycle, which manifested in long compilation times and poor code
> generation for `Text` literals (see [Trac #10528]). Users are advised to
> use text >=1.2.1.2 which includes more robust rewrite rules.
>
> The full release notes including a complete listing of the changes in
> this release can be found here,
>
>
> https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/7.10.2/docs/html/users_guide/release-7-10-2.html
>
>
> [Trac #10528]: https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/10528
>
>
> How to get it
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Both binary and source tarballs of GHC itself are available on
> the release download page,
>
>     https://www.haskell.org/ghc/download_ghc_7_10_2
>
> For a more smoother, better integrated experience users are encouraged
> to find a Haskell distribution. While these alternatives may not yet
> include 7.10.2, they offer tools and libraries to quickly get users up
> and running, as well as potentially better integration with the host
> operating system and package manager. See,
>
>     https://www.haskell.org/downloads
>
> for more details.
>
>
> Background
> ~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Haskell is a standard lazy functional programming language.
>
> GHC is a state-of-the-art programming suite for Haskell.  Included is
> an optimising compiler generating good code for a variety of
> platforms, together with an interactive system for convenient, quick
> development. The distribution includes space and time profiling
> facilities, a large collection of libraries, and support for various
> language extensions, including concurrency, exceptions, and foreign
> language interfaces (C, whatever). GHC is distributed under a
> BSD-style open source license.
>
> A wide variety of Haskell related resources (tutorials, libraries,
> specifications, documentation, compilers, interpreters, references,
> contact information, links to research groups) are available from the
> Haskell home page (see below),
>
>     https://www.haskell.org/
>
>
> Supported Platforms
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> The list of platforms supported by GHC and the people responsible for
> them can be found here,
>
>     https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Platforms
>     https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/CodeOwners
>
> Ports to other platforms are possible with varying degrees of
> difficulty.  The Building Guide describes how to go about porting to a
> new platform:
>
>     https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Building
>
> Developers
> ~~~~~~~~~~
>
> If you enjoy using GHC, you will likely also enjoy contributing to it!
> We are always looking for new contributors. Instructions on accessing
> our source code repository, and getting started with hacking on GHC, are
> available from the GHC developer site,
>
>     https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/
>
> Mailing lists
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> We run mailing lists for GHC users and bug reports; to subscribe, use
> the web interfaces at
>
>     https://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users
>     https://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-bugs
>
> There are several other haskell and ghc-related mailing lists on
> www.haskell.org; for the full list, see
>
>     https://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/
>
> Some GHC developers hang out on #haskell on IRC, too:
>
>     https://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/IRC_channel
>
> Please report bugs using our bug tracking system.  Instructions on
> reporting bugs can be found here:
>
>     https://www.haskell.org/ghc/reportabug
>
> Hashes & Signatures
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> In https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/7.10.2/ you will find a signed
> copy of the SHA256 hashes for the tarballs, using my GPG key,
>
>      Benjamin Gamari <ben at well-typed.com>
>
>      Fingerprint: FFEB 7CE8 1E16 A36B 3E2D
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