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GHC releases fall into two categories:
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* **major releases** carry version number `N.M.1` and may include major new features and breaking changes.
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* each major release is followed by zero or more **minor releases**. These will typically only contain bug-fixes.
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* A **major release** carries version number `N.M.1`, and may include major new features and breaking changes.
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* A **minor release**, with a version `N.M.2`, `N.M.3` etc, contains (only) bug-fixes to the major release.
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Major releases are currently produced twice a year. The schedule for a major release looks like this:
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* **Fork**: a branch in the repository is created, named for the release, e.g. `ghc-9.8`
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