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Release 0.0.8

Distro support:
* add some FreeBSD support
* add linux mint support
* add some redhat support
* add some alpine support

New tool versions:
* GHC: 8.4.1, 8.4.2, 8.6.4, 8.6.5, 8.8.1
* cabal: 3.0.0.0

Commands and API:
* new 'changelog' subcommand added
* 'uprade' subcommand is tweaked':
  - add --inplace flag
  - by default install into BIN_LOCATION
* new subcommand 'print-system-reqs'
* 'compile' subcommand is now hidden from help menu (since it's only for power-users, use 'ghcup -v --help' to show all commands)
* 'list' subcommand is overhauled and 'show' removed
* allow to overwrite the distro detection system (see 'ghcup -v --help')
* allow to overwrite meta download and meta version files via GHCUP_META_DOWNLOAD_URL and GHCUP_META_VERSION_URL

Fixes:
* clean up interrupted download cache properly
* send debug output to stderr only
* fix bug in bootstrap-haskell causing odd errors

Other:
* introduce major version symlinks (e.g. 8.6 -> 8.6.5) and add x.y tags
* use GHCUP_INSTALL_BASE_PREFIX in bootstrap-haskell
* don't reinstall cabal-install from source in bootstrap-haskell
* various usability improvements in bootstrap-haskell
* add bash-completion script
* add manpage support when using man-db