installed fine on my mac primitive can now be compiled unordered-containers does not compile, even with allow-new. This has been reported by Neil Mitchell haskell-src-exts does not compile, not clear where to report this
On Sun, Jan 21, 2018 at 4:15 PM Ben Gamari <b...@well-typed.com> wrote: > > The GHC development team is pleased to announce the second alpha release > of the 8.4.1 release. The usual release artifacts are available from > > https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/8.4.1-alpha2 > > Note that this alpha, like alpha1, is unfortunately afflicted by #14678. > We will try to get an alpha3 out as soon as this issue has been resolved. > However, as this alpha has a number of fixes since alpha1, we have > decided it would be best not to delay it any further. > > Also, due to user demand we now offer a binary distribution for 64-bit > Fedora 27; this distribution links against ncurses6. This is in contrast > to the Debian 8 distribution, which links against ncurses5. Users of > newer distributions (Fedora 27, Debian sid) should use this distribution. > > 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 > _______________________________________________ > ghc-devs mailing list > ghc-d...@haskell.org > http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ghc-devs >
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