Release tracking ticket for GHC 8.8.1
This is the release checklist for the %8.8.1 milestone. See #16816 (closed) for the template that this was derived from.
Pre-release checklist
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Remove the release notes for the previous release (e.g. docs/users_guide/8.6.*-notes.rst
) -
Make release branch (e.g. ghc-8.8
) -
Make post-release branch (e.g. ghc-8.9-start
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Submodules on released tags: -
libraries/Cabal
: version 3.0.0.0 (on -rc3) -
libraries/Win32
: version 2.6.1.0 -
libraries/binary
: version 0.8.7.0 -
libraries/bytestring
: version 0.10.10.0 -
libraries/containers
: version 0.6.2.1 -
libraries/deepseq
: version 1.4.4.0 ([ ] revision pushed) -
libraries/directory
: version 1.3.3.2 ([ ] revision pushed) -
libraries/filepath
: version 1.4.2.1 ([ ] revision pushed) -
libraries/haskeline
: version 0.7.5.0 ([ ] revision pushed) -
libraries/mtl
: version 2.2.2 -
libraries/parsec
: version 3.1.14.0 (on -rc) -
libraries/pretty
: version 1.1.3.6 -
libraries/process
: version 1.6.5.1 ([x] tag pushed) -
libraries/terminfo
: version 0.4.1.4 -
libraries/text
: version 1.2.4.0 (on -rc) -
libraries/time
: version 1.9.3 -
libraries/transformers
: version 0.5.6.2 -
libraries/unix
: version 2.7.2.2 -
libraries/xhtml
: version 3000.2.2.1 -
utils/haddock
: version todo -
utils/hsc2hs
: version todo
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- Non-released submodules up-to-date:
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nofib
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libffi-tarballs
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libraries/integer-gmp/gmp/gmp-tarballs
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Release notes written -
Release notes linked in index.rst
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autoconf
scripts updated -
LlvmVersion
inconfigure.ac
is targetting intended LLVM version -
Release notes mentions LLVM version requirement -
llvm-targets
file updated -
Changelogs updated: -
libraries/ghc-prim
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libraries/integer-gmp
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libraries/integer-simple
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libraries/hpc
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libraries/base
: Version 4.13.0.0 -
libraries/ghc-boot
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libraries/ghc-boot-th
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Verify that the ~"backport needed" label has no more issues/merge requests needing backport -
Verify that all CI builds are green before moving to release checklist
Release checklist
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Make tag -
Wait until builds finish -
Fetch release artifacts TODO: documentation -
Sign and push release artifacts to downloads.haskell.org
[TODO: documentation] -
Release/revise GHC-maintained libraries on Hackage [TODO: documentation] -
libraries/base
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libraries/ghc-prim
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libraries/array
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libraries/stm
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libraries/ghc-heap
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libraries/ghc-compact
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libraries/ghc-boot
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libraries/ghc-boot-th
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libraries/hpc
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libraries/libiserv
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libraries/template-haskell
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libraries/integer-gmp
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libraries/integer-simple
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Update ghc/homepage>: -
Write download page (see ghc/homepage>) -
Add news item to index.html
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Add link to download.shtml
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Look over changes locally -
Add release announcement to GHC blog -
Push changes to master
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Announce on: GHC developers <ghc-devs@haskell.org>, GHC Users <glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org>, Haskell Cafe <haskell-cafe@haskell.org>
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Announce on: Haskell Discourse, /r/haskell, Twitter -
Update latest
symlink ondownloads.haskell.org
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Ensure that the Migration page is up-to-date
Post-release checklist
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Update the Wiki status page -
Update the language pragma history -
Mark milestone as closed -
Update the VersionHistory wiki page -
Set RELEASE=NO