Probably stating what is obvious and well-know but anyways: - On the status page <https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Status/GHC-8.4.1> it would be good to have a link for "Phase 2 of the Semigroup-Monoid Proposal (Herbert Riedel)" - Also IIRC we normally have a page on porting to the new release. It would be good to have that also when we have a chance.
It's great that we are getting started early. On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 4:16 PM George Colpitts <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Ben. I installed the Mac binaries. > > For others who are wondering, you need llvm 5 if you want to use llvm with > this. > > Needless to say, many libraries, e.g. haskell-src-exts, primitive, and > intero won't compile with this even with --allow-newer > > I'll notify those libraries about that in case they want to get started on > 8.4.1 > > Cheers > George > > On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 4:48 PM Ben Gamari <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> The GHC development team is pleased to announce the first alpha release >> of the 8.4.1 release. The usual release artifacts are available from >> >> https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/8.4.1-alpha1 >> >> Note that this release drops compatibility with GCC 4.6 and earlier. >> While we generally try to place as few constraints on system toolchain >> as possible, this release depends upon the __atomic__ builtins provided >> by GCC 4.7 and later (see #14244). >> >> >> === Notes on release scheduling === >> >> The 8.4.1 release marks the first release where GHC will be adhering to >> its new, higher-cadence release schedule [1]. Under this new scheme, >> major releases will be made in 6-month intervals with interstitial minor >> releases as necessary. >> >> In order to minimize the likelihood of schedule slippage and to ensure >> adequate testing, each major release will be preceeded by a number of >> regular alpha releases. We will begin issuing these releases roughly >> three months before the final date of the major release and will issue >> roughly one every two weeks during this period. This high release >> cadence will allow us to quickly get fixes in to users hands and allow >> better feedback on the status of the release. >> >> GHC 8.4 is slated to be released in mid-February but, due to technical >> constraints, we are starting the alpha-release cycle a bit later than >> planned under the above schedule. For this reason, it would be greatly >> appreciated if users could put this alpha through its paces to make up >> for lost time. >> >> As always, do let us know if you encounter any trouble in the course of >> testing. Thanks for your help! >> >> Cheers, >> >> - Ben >> >> >> [1] https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/blog/2017-release-schedule >> _______________________________________________ >> Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users >> >
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