From b4cb911ca0552d27faecea575809f0df3a09e43f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ian Lynagh <igloo@earth.li> Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2011 19:47:16 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update 7.2.1 ANNOUNCE --- ANNOUNCE | 17 +++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE index de75f2474902..1362e965b804 100644 --- a/ANNOUNCE +++ b/ANNOUNCE @@ -3,11 +3,20 @@ The (Interactive) Glasgow Haskell Compiler -- version 7.2.1 ============================================================= -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: +The GHC Team is pleased to announce a new major release of GHC, 7.2.1. -<TODO: release note highlights> +The 7.2 branch is intended to be more of a "technology preview" than +normal GHC stable branches; in particular, it supports a significantly +improved version of DPH, as well as new features such as compiler +plugins and "safe Haskell". The design of these new features may evolve +as we get more experience with them. See the release notes for more +details of what's new and what's changed. + +We are also using this branch as an opportunity to work out the best +workflows to use with git. + +We expect the 7.2 branch to be short-lived, with 7.4.1 coming out +shortly after ICFP as normal. Full release notes are here: -- GitLab