[Haskell-cafe] [ANNOUNCE] GHC 9.2.2 is not available

[Kazu Yamamoto (=?iso-2022-jp?B?GyRCOzNLXE9CSScbKEI=?=)]

Hi George,

FYI:

https://twitter.com/kazu_yamamoto/status/1500643489985761282

--Kazu

> 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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