There does not appear to be a ghc-9.12.1-release branch? On Mon, Dec 16, 2024 at 5:21 AM Zubin Duggal <zu...@well-typed.com> wrote:
> The GHC developers are very pleased to announce the release of GHC 9.12.1. > Binary distributions, source distributions, and documentation are > available at > [downloads.haskell.org][]. > > We hope to have this release available via ghcup shortly. > > GHC 9.12 will bring a number of new features and improvements, including: > > * The new language extension [OrPatterns] allowing you to combine > multiple > pattern clauses into one. > > * The [MultilineStrings] language extension to allow you to more easily > write > strings spanning multiple lines in your source code. > > * Improvements to the OverloadedRecordDot extension, allowing the > built-in > `HasField` class to be used for records with fields of non lifted > representations. > > * The [NamedDefaults] language extension has been introduced allowing > you to > define defaults for typeclasses other than `Num`. > > * More deterministic object code output, controlled by the > `-fobject-determinism` > flag, which improves determinism of builds a lot (though does not > fully do so) > at the cost of some compiler performance (1-2%). See #12935 for the > details > > * GHC now accepts type syntax in expressions as part of [GHC Proposal > #281]. > > * The WASM backend now has support for TemplateHaskell. > > * Experimental support for the RISC-V platform with the native code > generator. > > * ... and many more > > A full accounting of changes can be found in the [release notes][]. > As always, GHC's release status, including planned future releases, can > be found on the GHC Wiki [status][]. > > We would like to thank GitHub, IOG, the Zw3rk stake pool, > Well-Typed, Tweag I/O, Serokell, Equinix, SimSpace, the Haskell > Foundation, and other anonymous contributors whose on-going financial > and in-kind support has facilitated GHC maintenance and release > management over the years. Finally, this release would not have been > possible without the hundreds of open-source contributors whose work > comprise this release. > > As always, do give this release a try and open a [ticket][] if you see > anything amiss. > > > [release notes]: > https://downloads.haskell.org/ghc/9.12.1/docs/users_guide/9.12.1-notes.html > [status]: https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/wikis/GHC-status > [downloads.haskell.org]: https://downloads.haskell.org/ghc/9.12.1 > [ticket]: https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/issues/new > [OrPatterns]: > https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/blob/master/proposals/0522-or-patterns.rst > [MultilineStrings]: > https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/blob/master/proposals/0569-multiline-strings.rst > [GHC Proposal #281]: > https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/blob/master/proposals/0281-visible-forall.rst > [NamedDefaults]: > https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/blob/master/proposals/0409-exportable-named-default.rst > _______________________________________________ > ghc-devs mailing list > ghc-devs@haskell.org > http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ghc-devs > -- Shayne Fletcher
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