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author | Takenobu Tani <takenobu.hs@gmail.com> | 2019-04-29 18:12:31 +0900 |
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committer | Marge Bot <ben+marge-bot@smart-cactus.org> | 2019-05-06 15:05:36 -0400 |
commit | 821fa9e81161f4414041c840236df848e18cb3b4 (patch) | |
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download | haskell-821fa9e81161f4414041c840236df848e18cb3b4.tar.gz |
Remove `$(TOP)/ANNOUNCE` file
Remove `$(TOP)/ANNOUNCE` because maintaining this file is expensive
for each release.
Currently, release announcements of ghc are made on ghc blogs and wikis.
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diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE deleted file mode 100644 index 9190dfe341..0000000000 --- a/ANNOUNCE +++ /dev/null @@ -1,131 +0,0 @@ - - =============================================== - The Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 8.2.2 - =============================================== - -The GHC Team is pleased to announce a new minor release of GHC. This release -builds on the performance and stability improvements of 8.2.1, fixing a variety -of correctness bugs, improving error messages, and making the compiler more -portable. - -Notable bug-fixes include - - * A correctness issue resulting in segmentation faults in some - FFI-users (#13707, #14346) - - * A correctness issue resulting in undefined behavior in some programs - using STM (#14171) - - * A bug which may have manifested in segmentation faults in - out-of-memory condition (#14329) - - * clearBit of Natural no longer bottoms (#13203) - - * A specialisation bug resulting in exponential blowup of compilation - time in some specialisation-intensive programs (#14379) - - * ghc-pkg now works even in environments with misconfigured NFS mounts - (#13945) - - * GHC again supports production of position-independent executables - (#13702) - - * Better error messages around kind mismatches (#11198, #12373, #13530, - #13610) - -A thorough list of the changes in the release can be found in the release -notes, - - https://haskell.org/ghc/docs/8.2.2/html/users_guide/8.2.2-notes.html - - -How to get it -~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -This release can be downloaded from - - https://www.haskell.org/ghc/download_ghc_8_2_2.html - -For older versions see - - https://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. - - -Background -~~~~~~~~~~ - -Haskell is a standardized lazy functional programming language. - -GHC is a state-of-the-art programming suite for Haskell. Included is an -optimising compiler generating efficient 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. 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). - - -On-line GHC-related resources -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -Relevant URLs: - -GHC home page https://www.haskell.org/ghc/ -GHC developers' home page https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/wikis/ -Haskell home page https://www.haskell.org/ - - -Supported Platforms -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -The list of platforms we support, and the people responsible for them, is here: - - https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/wikis/team-ghc - -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://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/wikis/building - - -Developers -~~~~~~~~~~ - -We welcome new contributors. Instructions on accessing our source code -repository, and getting started with hacking on GHC, are available from the -GHC's developer's site: - - https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/wikis/ - - -Mailing lists -~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -We run mailing lists for GHC users and bug reports; to subscribe, use the web -interfaces at - - https://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users - https://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ghc-tickets - -There are several other haskell and ghc-related mailing lists on -www.haskell.org; for the full list, see - - https://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo - -Many GHC developers hang out on #haskell on IRC: - - 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 - |