Awesome. Thank-you! There appears not to be a ghc-9.0.2-release tag. Might this be addressed please?
On Sat, Dec 25, 2021 at 3:22 PM Zubin Duggal <zu...@well-typed.com> wrote: > The GHC developers are very happy to at long last announce the > availability of GHC 9.0.2. Binary distributions, source distributions, > and documentation are available at the > [usual place](https://downloads.haskell.org/ghc/9.0.2/). > > Download Page: https://www.haskell.org/ghc/download_ghc_9_0_2.html > Blog Post: > https://www.haskell.org/ghc/blog/20211225-ghc-9.0.2-released.html > > GHC 9.0.2 adds first class AArch64/Darwin support using the LLVM > backend, as well as fixing a number of critical correctness bugs > with the 9.0.1 release, along with numerous improvements to compiler > performance and memory usage: > > * First-class support for Apple M1 hardware using GHC's LLVM ARM > backend. > > * Fix a number of incorrect rewrite rules for `fromInteger` (#19345, > #20066). > > * Fix a number of runtime system and GC bugs which typically manifested > in crashes (#19417, #19297, #19645, #19667, #18033, #20132, #19715, > #20399, #20414, #20649, #19147, #20051, #20093) > > * Fixes for various compiler performance and memory usage issues > (#20134, #13586, #20509, #19668, #19996, #19471) > > * Improvements and bug fixes for the code generator and optimiser > (#18638, #19581, #19700, #19996, #19181, #19822) > > * Fixes for typechecker bugs (#19410 , #19191, #19522, #19400, #19849) > > * Bug fixes for the frontend and parser (#19397, #19838, #19518, #19777, > #20242, #19786) > > * Emit warnings if Unicode Bidirectional Formatting characters are found > in the source, possibly misleading code reviewers (#20263). > > * Many packaging related fixes, including versioned `ghc-pkg` > executables (#20087), and actually distributing GHC versions linked > against the `native` big integer backend (#18967, #19953) on both > Windows and Alpine Linux. Some previous releases were still linked > against the `GMP` library due to a misconfiguration of the builders. > > * A significant refactoring of `process` fixing numerous bugs mostly on > Apple platforms (#19994, [process refactoring]( > https://github.com/haskell/process/pull/208)). > > * Bug fixes for the linker on Darwin platforms (#20004, #19968, #19950). > > A complete list of bug fixes and improvements can be found in the [release > notes]( > https://downloads.haskell.org/ghc/9.0.2/docs/html/users_guide/9.0.2-notes.html > ). > > 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 Holidays and Happy Hacking! > > - Zubin > _______________________________________________ > ghc-devs mailing list > ghc-devs@haskell.org > http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ghc-devs > -- Shayne Fletcher
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