[Haskell] ANNOUNCE: GHC version 7.2.1

[Manuel M T Chakravarty]

At the request of the Haskell Platform folks, we are shipping the Data Parallel Haskell libraries separately from GHC (i.e., they are not bundled in the GHC distribution, nor will they be bundled in any Haskell Platform distribution).  To use DPH with GHC 7.2.1, you need to install the DPH libraries separately from Hackage — for details, see

  http://pls.posterous.com/data-parallel-haskell-and-repa-for-ghc-721

Manuel

Ian Lynagh:
> 
>   =============================================================
>    The (Interactive) Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 7.2.1
>   =============================================================
> 
> The GHC Team is pleased to announce a new major release of GHC, 7.2.1.
> 
> The 7.2 branch is intended to be more of a "technology preview" than
> normal GHC stable branches; in particular, it supports a significantly
> improved version of DPH, as well as new features such as compiler
> plugins and "safe Haskell". The design of these new features may evolve
> as we get more experience with them. See the release notes for more
> details of what's new and what's changed.
> 
> We are also using this branch as an opportunity to work out the best
> workflows to use with git.
> 
> We expect the 7.2 branch to be short-lived, with 7.4.1 coming out
> shortly after ICFP as normal.
> 
> 
> Full release notes are here:
> 
>  http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/7.2.1/html/users_guide/release-7-2-1.html
> 
> How to get it
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> The easy way is to go to the web page, which should be self-explanatory:
> 
>        http://www.haskell.org/ghc/
> 
> We supply binary builds in the native package format for many
> platforms, and the source distribution is available from the same
> place.
> 
> Packages will appear as they are built - if the package for your
> system isn't available yet, please try again later.
> 
> 
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> ~~~~~~~~~~
> 
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> 
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