X-Git-Url: http://git.megacz.com/?p=ghc-hetmet.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=ANNOUNCE;h=0c2b97fba72ebdc0ee8b0131a893966300070fa4;hp=2414eebfda421d65b220201d38eb24ecb33f4083;hb=e5c3b478b3cd1707cf122833822f44b2ac09b8e9;hpb=782ed1a8b938e77318b208d0d1cc6985d300cec8 diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE index 2414eeb..0c2b97f 100644 --- a/ANNOUNCE +++ b/ANNOUNCE @@ -1,85 +1,126 @@ - The Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 2.06 - ============================================== -We are pleased to announce a new release of the Glasgow Haskell -Compiler (GHC), version 2.06. Source distribution is freely available -via the World-Wide Web and through anon. FTP; details below. + ============================================================== + The (Interactive) Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 6.10.1 + ============================================================== -Haskell is "the" standard lazy functional programming language; the -current language version is 1.4, agreed in April, 1997. Haskell -related information is available from the Haskell home page at +The GHC Team is pleased to announce a new major release of GHC. There +have been a number of significant changes since the last major release, +including: - http://haskell.org/ + * Some new language features have been implemented: + * Record syntax: wild-card patterns, punning, and field disambiguation + * Generalised quasi-quotes + * Generalised list comprehensions + * View patterns -+ What's new -============= + * Type families have been completely re-implemented -Release 2.06 represent work done through August '97. + * Now comes with Haddock 2, which supports all GHC extensions -Highlights of this release: + * Parallel garbage collection - * All bugs reported since the release of 2.05 have been fixed. - * GHC's interface file parser now uses the latest version of - Happy, and as a result we've included Happy in the distribution. + * Base provides extensible exceptions -A detailed list of changes can be found in the release notes in the -GHC User's Guide. + * The GHC API is easier to use -+ Mailing lists -================ + * External core (output only) now works again -We run mailing lists for GHC users and bug reports; to subscribe, send -mail to majordomo@dcs.gla.ac.uk; the msg body should be: + * Data Parallel Haskell (DPH) comes as part of GHC - subscribe glasgow-haskell- Your Name +The full release notes are here: -Please send bug reports about GHC to glasgow-haskell-bugs@dcs.gla.ac.uk ; GHC -users hang out on glasgow-haskell-users@dcs.gla.ac.uk + http://haskell.org/ghc/docs/6.10.1/html/users_guide/release-6-10-1.html +How to get it +~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -+ On-line GHC-related resources -================================ +The easy way is to go to the web page, which should be self-explanatory: + + http://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. + +Packages will appear as they are built - if the package for your +system isn't available yet, please try again later. + + +Background +~~~~~~~~~~ + +Haskell is a standard lazy functional programming language. + +GHC is a state-of-the-art programming suite for Haskell. Included is +an optimising compiler generating good 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 (C, whatever). 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 on the World-Wide Web: -GHC home page http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/fp/software/ghc/ -Haskell home page http://haskell.org/ -Glasgow FP group page http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/fp/ -comp.lang.functional FAQ http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/Department/Staff/mpj/faq.html +GHC home page http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ +GHC developers' home page http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ +Haskell home page http://www.haskell.org/ + + +Supported Platforms +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +The list of platforms we support, and the people responsible for them, +is here: + + http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Contributors + +Ports to other platforms are possible with varying degrees of +difficulty. The Building Guide describes how to go about porting to a +new platform: + + http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/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 run by Trac: + http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ -+ How to get it -================ -The easy way is to go to the WWW GHC distribution page, which should -be self-explanatory: +Mailing lists +~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - ftp://ftp.dcs.gla.ac.uk/pub/haskell/glasgow/README.html +We run mailing lists for GHC users and bug reports; to subscribe, use +the web interfaces at -Once you have the distribution, please follow the pointers in the -README file to find all of the documentation about this release. NB: -preserve modification times when un-tarring the files (no `m' option -for tar, please)! + http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users + http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-bugs +There are several other haskell and ghc-related mailing lists on +www.haskell.org; for the full list, see -+ System requirements -====================== + http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/ -To compile up this source-only release, you need a machine with 16+MB -memory, GNU C (`gcc'), `perl' plus a version of GHC installed (either -version 0.29 or 2.02 onwards). We have seen GHC work on these platforms: +Some GHC developers hang out on #haskell on IRC, too: - * alpha-dec-osf2 - * hppa1.1-hp-hpux{9,10} - * sparc-sun-{sunos4,solaris2} - * mips-sgi-irix{5,6} - * i386-unknown-{linux,solaris2,freebsd,cygwin32}. - * {rs6000,powerpc}-ibm-aix + http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/IRC_channel -Similar platforms should work with minimal hacking effort. The installer's -guide included in distribution gives a complete run-down of what-ports-work; -an on-line version can be found at +Please report bugs using our bug tracking system. Instructions on +reporting bugs can be found here: - http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/fp/software/ghc/ghc-doc/install-guide.html + http://www.haskell.org/ghc/reportabug -EOF