Thanks for the release. Will deb9-linux binary be released in the future? Or deb10-linux version only?
Perhaps ubuntu18.04LTS users need deb9-linux binary. Regards, Takenobu On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 3:28 AM Ben Gamari <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello all, > > The GHC team is happy to announce the availability of the first alpha > release in the GHC 8.10 series. Source and binary distributions are > available at the usual place: > > https://downloads.haskell.org/ghc/8.10.1-alpha2/ > > GHC 8.10.1 will bring a number of new features including: > > * The new UnliftedNewtypes extension allowing newtypes around unlifted > types. > > * The new StandaloneKindSignatures extension allows users to give > top-level kind signatures to type, type family, and class > declarations. > > * A new warning, -Wderiving-defaults, to draw attention to ambiguous > deriving clauses > > * A number of improvements in code generation, including changes > > * A new GHCi command, :instances, for listing the class instances > available for a type. > > * An upgraded Windows toolchain lifting the MAX_PATH limitation > > * A new, low-latency garbage collector. > > * Improved support profiling, including support for sending profiler > samples to the eventlog, allowing correlation between the profile and > other program events > > This release is the second alpha of the 8.10 pre-release cycle. The > release will be a release candidate in roughly three weeks. If all goes > well the final release will be cut roughly two weeks after the > candidate, in mid-January. > > This being an alpha release, there are a few issues that are still > outstanding: > > * The new Alpine Linux binary distribution is not present due to an > apparent correctness issue [1]; any help Alpine users can offer here > would be greatly appreciated. > > * We have yet to sort out compliance with Apple's notarization > requirements [2] which will be likely be necessary for users of > macOS Catalina. > > However, until this has been sorted out Catalina users can exempt the > current macOS binary distribution from the notarization requirement > themselves by running `xattr -cr .` on the unpacked tree before > running `make install`. > > * There is one remaining non-regression correctness issue which we plan > to fix for the final 8.10.1 but that is not fixed in this release. > > Please do test this release and let us know if you encounter any other > issues. > > Cheers, > > - Ben > > > [1] https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/issues/17508 > [2] https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/issues/17418 > _______________________________________________ > ghc-devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ghc-devs _______________________________________________ ghc-devs mailing list [email protected] http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ghc-devs
