diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac index 41f9e9b74731434c35093b7237fdfc020cffa41b..59713a4148b2dd648764758ae1b47c8b80385d29 100644 --- a/configure.ac +++ b/configure.ac @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ dnl # see what flags are available. (Better yet, read the documentation!) # -AC_INIT([The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System], [9.6.5], [glasgow-haskell-bugs@haskell.org], [ghc-AC_PACKAGE_VERSION]) +AC_INIT([The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System], [9.6.6], [glasgow-haskell-bugs@haskell.org], [ghc-AC_PACKAGE_VERSION]) # Version on master must be X.Y (not X.Y.Z) for ProjectVersionMunged variable # to be useful (cf #19058). However, the version must have three components # (X.Y.Z) on stable branches (e.g. ghc-9.2) to ensure that pre-releases are diff --git a/docs/users_guide/9.6.5-notes.rst b/docs/users_guide/9.6.5-notes.rst index 260afd5dcb3722417432a1b6c0eb8d8fe74b857f..ffed37993c66f236016db97e57190744f61cefd5 100644 --- a/docs/users_guide/9.6.5-notes.rst +++ b/docs/users_guide/9.6.5-notes.rst @@ -63,49 +63,3 @@ Core libraries - Bump ``Cabal`` to 3.10.3.0 - Bump ``process`` to 1.6.19.0 - Bump ``libffi-tarballs`` to 3.4.6 - -Included libraries ------------------- - -The package database provided with this distribution also contains a number of -packages other than GHC itself. See the changelogs provided with these packages -for further change information. - -.. ghc-package-list:: - - libraries/array/array.cabal: Dependency of ``ghc`` library - libraries/base/base.cabal: Core library - libraries/binary/binary.cabal: Dependency of ``ghc`` library - libraries/bytestring/bytestring.cabal: Dependency of ``ghc`` library - libraries/Cabal/Cabal/Cabal.cabal: Dependency of ``ghc-pkg`` utility - libraries/Cabal/Cabal-syntax/Cabal-syntax.cabal: Dependency of ``ghc-pkg`` utility - libraries/containers/containers/containers.cabal: Dependency of ``ghc`` library - libraries/deepseq/deepseq.cabal: Dependency of ``ghc`` library - libraries/directory/directory.cabal: Dependency of ``ghc`` library - libraries/exceptions/exceptions.cabal: Dependency of ``ghc`` and ``haskeline`` library - libraries/filepath/filepath.cabal: Dependency of ``ghc`` library - compiler/ghc.cabal: The compiler itself - libraries/ghci/ghci.cabal: The REPL interface - libraries/ghc-boot/ghc-boot.cabal: Internal compiler library - libraries/ghc-boot-th/ghc-boot-th.cabal: Internal compiler library - libraries/ghc-compact/ghc-compact.cabal: Core library - libraries/ghc-heap/ghc-heap.cabal: GHC heap-walking library - libraries/ghc-prim/ghc-prim.cabal: Core library - libraries/haskeline/haskeline.cabal: Dependency of ``ghci`` executable - libraries/hpc/hpc.cabal: Dependency of ``hpc`` executable - libraries/integer-gmp/integer-gmp.cabal: Core library - libraries/libiserv/libiserv.cabal: Internal compiler library - libraries/mtl/mtl.cabal: Dependency of ``Cabal`` library - libraries/parsec/parsec.cabal: Dependency of ``Cabal`` library - libraries/pretty/pretty.cabal: Dependency of ``ghc`` library - libraries/process/process.cabal: Dependency of ``ghc`` library - libraries/stm/stm.cabal: Dependency of ``haskeline`` library - libraries/template-haskell/template-haskell.cabal: Core library - libraries/terminfo/terminfo.cabal: Dependency of ``haskeline`` library - libraries/text/text.cabal: Dependency of ``Cabal`` library - libraries/time/time.cabal: Dependency of ``ghc`` library - libraries/transformers/transformers.cabal: Dependency of ``ghc`` library - libraries/unix/unix.cabal: Dependency of ``ghc`` library - libraries/Win32/Win32.cabal: Dependency of ``ghc`` library - libraries/xhtml/xhtml.cabal: Dependency of ``haddock`` executable - diff --git a/docs/users_guide/9.6.6-notes.rst b/docs/users_guide/9.6.6-notes.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a746b33427a6cb37c66b376d98e20e75371b905d --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/users_guide/9.6.6-notes.rst @@ -0,0 +1,107 @@ +.. _release-9.6.6: + +Version 9.6.6 +============== + +The significant changes to the various parts of the compiler are listed below. +See the `migration guide +<https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/wikis/migration/9.6>`_ on the GHC Wiki +for specific guidance on migrating programs to this release. + +The :ghc-flag:`LLVM backend <-fllvm>` of this release is to be used with LLVM +11, 12, 13, 14 or 15. + +Significant Changes +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Issues fixed in this release include: + +Compiler +-------- + +- Fix a bug in the NCG that could lead to incorrect runtime results due to + erroneously removing a jump instruction (:ghc-ticket:`24507`). +- Fix a bug leading to runtime exponential in the size of the package dependency + graph when checking if a multiple home unit session satisfied the closure + property. +- Fix a bug arising from interactions between GHC and cabal in how they + call the linker to merge objects, resulting in linker errors in + certain situations (:ghc-ticket:`22210`). +- Improve the algorithm used to detect missing home modules for the purpose of + emitting warnings, making it no longer quadratic (:ghc-ticket:`24778`). +- Ensure ``-ddump-splices`` doesn't omit required parentheses when printing + pattern signatures (:ghc-ticket:`24837`). +- Fix a possible alignment confusion in the code generator + (:ghc-ticket:`24930`). +- Fix sign hints for the PowerPC NCG in C foreign calls (:ghc-ticket:`23034`). +- Fix a simplifier bug that could lead to compiler panics in certain sitations + due to incorrect eta expansion (:ghc-ticket:`24718`). +- Fix a segfault in the bytecode interpreter due to incorrect constructor tagging + (:ghc-ticket:`24870`). + +Runtime system +-------------- + +- Fixes for various warnings emitted by ``UndefinedBehaviorSanitizer``. +- Fix an argument ordering warning for ``stgCallocBytes`` (:ghc-ticket:`24828`). +- Fix a GC bug that manifests in certain situations when byte code objects end up + on the mutable list (:ghc-ticket:`23375`). + +Build system and packaging +-------------------------- + +- Allow hadrian to be bootstrapped using GHC 9.6 and Cabal 3.10.3 (:ghc-ticket:`24694`). +- The ``no_dynamic_libs`` flavour transformer now doesn't need users to also explicitly + disable building a dynamic GHC. +- + +Core libraries +-------------- + +- Bump ``directory`` to 1.3.8.5 + +Included libraries +------------------ + +The package database provided with this distribution also contains a number of +packages other than GHC itself. See the changelogs provided with these packages +for further change information. + +.. ghc-package-list:: + + libraries/array/array.cabal: Dependency of ``ghc`` library + libraries/base/base.cabal: Core library + libraries/binary/binary.cabal: Dependency of ``ghc`` library + libraries/bytestring/bytestring.cabal: Dependency of ``ghc`` library + libraries/Cabal/Cabal/Cabal.cabal: Dependency of ``ghc-pkg`` utility + libraries/Cabal/Cabal-syntax/Cabal-syntax.cabal: Dependency of ``ghc-pkg`` utility + libraries/containers/containers/containers.cabal: Dependency of ``ghc`` library + libraries/deepseq/deepseq.cabal: Dependency of ``ghc`` library + libraries/directory/directory.cabal: Dependency of ``ghc`` library + libraries/exceptions/exceptions.cabal: Dependency of ``ghc`` and ``haskeline`` library + libraries/filepath/filepath.cabal: Dependency of ``ghc`` library + compiler/ghc.cabal: The compiler itself + libraries/ghci/ghci.cabal: The REPL interface + libraries/ghc-boot/ghc-boot.cabal: Internal compiler library + libraries/ghc-boot-th/ghc-boot-th.cabal: Internal compiler library + libraries/ghc-compact/ghc-compact.cabal: Core library + libraries/ghc-heap/ghc-heap.cabal: GHC heap-walking library + libraries/ghc-prim/ghc-prim.cabal: Core library + libraries/haskeline/haskeline.cabal: Dependency of ``ghci`` executable + libraries/hpc/hpc.cabal: Dependency of ``hpc`` executable + libraries/integer-gmp/integer-gmp.cabal: Core library + libraries/libiserv/libiserv.cabal: Internal compiler library + libraries/mtl/mtl.cabal: Dependency of ``Cabal`` library + libraries/parsec/parsec.cabal: Dependency of ``Cabal`` library + libraries/pretty/pretty.cabal: Dependency of ``ghc`` library + libraries/process/process.cabal: Dependency of ``ghc`` library + libraries/stm/stm.cabal: Dependency of ``haskeline`` library + libraries/template-haskell/template-haskell.cabal: Core library + libraries/terminfo/terminfo.cabal: Dependency of ``haskeline`` library + libraries/text/text.cabal: Dependency of ``Cabal`` library + libraries/time/time.cabal: Dependency of ``ghc`` library + libraries/transformers/transformers.cabal: Dependency of ``ghc`` library + libraries/unix/unix.cabal: Dependency of ``ghc`` library + libraries/Win32/Win32.cabal: Dependency of ``ghc`` library + libraries/xhtml/xhtml.cabal: Dependency of ``haddock`` executable + diff --git a/docs/users_guide/release-notes.rst b/docs/users_guide/release-notes.rst index 441b322b607699c1f1a3882cd4b3f4fefd854651..1567005f02f797200961f06e3b7a34251fba2df9 100644 --- a/docs/users_guide/release-notes.rst +++ b/docs/users_guide/release-notes.rst @@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ Release notes 9.6.3-notes 9.6.4-notes 9.6.5-notes + 9.6.6-notes