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

[Vanessa McHale]

Thanks all! This makes M1 a much more feasible platform now that the NCG works - it is 2x faster to compile than the LLVM backend!

> On Mar 6, 2022, at 2:59 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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