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 <html> <head><title>403 Forbidden</title></head> <body bgcolor="white"> <center><h1>403 Forbidden</h1></center> <hr><center>nginx/1.6.2</center> </body> </html> $ curl -sSL http://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/7.10.2/ghc-7.10.2-x86_64-portbld-freebsd.tar.xz <html> <head><title>403 Forbidden</title></head> <body bgcolor="white"> <center><h1>403 Forbidden</h1></center> <hr><center>nginx/1.6.2</center> </body> </html> On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 8:26 AM, Ben Gamari <b...@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 <b...@well-typed.com> > > Fingerprint: FFEB 7CE8 1E16 A36B 3E2D > ED6F 2DE0 4D4E 97DB 64AD > > _______________________________________________ > Haskell-Cafe mailing list > haskell-c...@haskell.org > http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe > >
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