One additional feature I forgot to note: the windows platform installers should no longer require manually altering the cabal config file to add `extra-prog-path`, etc. to point to the msys distribution. The new windows installer takes advantage of the `cabal user-config --augment` command to add those lines automatically. This should give a smoother install experience for new windows users.
--gershom On Sat, May 5, 2018 at 2:16 AM, Gershom B <gersh...@gmail.com> wrote: > On behalf of the Haskell Platform team, I'm happy to announce the release of > > Haskell Platform 8.4.2 > > Now available at > > https://www.haskell.org/platform/ > > This includes GHC 8.4.2, cabal-install 2.2.0.0, and stack 1.7.1, all > with substantial improvements since the last platform release. > > A full list of contents is available at > https://www.haskell.org/platform/contents.html > > Thanks to all the contributors to this release, thanks to all the > package and tool maintainers and authors, and a big thanks to the GHC > team for all their hard work. > > There are (still) currently no 32 bit Windows builds available. We're > looking into the issues preventing us from building an installer for > that platform. The components all appear to work individually in such > a case, and can be installed separately by users who so desire. > > A list of new GHC changes is available at: > https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/blog/ghc-8.4.1-released and > https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/blog/ghc-8.4.2-released > > A list of cabal changes is available at: > https://hackage.haskell.org/package/cabal-install-2.2.0.0/changelog > > The cabal documentation page is at: > https://www.haskell.org/cabal/users-guide/ > > A list of stack changes is at: > https://docs.haskellstack.org/en/stable/ChangeLog/#v171 > > The stack documentation page is at: > https://docs.haskellstack.org/en/stable/README/ > > Happy Haskell Hacking all, > Gershom _______________________________________________ Haskell mailing list Haskell@haskell.org http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haskell
