At long last: 2014.2.0.0 Release Candidate 1

Thu Jul 24 13:09:21 BST 2014

Installed on the Mac, looks good, not sure if following is significant:

 ghc-pkg check
Warning: library-dirs: /opt/local/lib/ doesn't exist or isn't a directory
Warning: include-dirs: /opt/local/include/ doesn't exist or isn't a
directory
Warning: haddock-interfaces:
/Users/gcolpitts/Library/Haskell/ghc-7.8.3/lib/Cabal-1.20.0.1/doc/html/Cabal.haddock
doesn't exist or isn't a file

did cabal install -j3 of threadscope, criterion, hlint, ghc-mod,
quickcheck, smallcheck and smartcheck

On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 3:57 AM, Mark Lentczner <mark.lentczner at gmail.com>
wrote:

> *Even I find it hard to believe that it's finally here!*
>
> *I'm happy to announce the RC1 release of Haskell Platform 2014.2.0.0.*
>
> You can find builds for Windows (32bit and 64bit), Mac (64bit), as well as
> a source tarball, and a tag in the repo:
>
>
>    - source tarball: haskell-platform-2014.2.0.0-RC1.tar.gz
>    <http://www.ozonehouse.com/mark/platform/haskell-platform-2014.2.0.0-RC1.tar.gz>
>    - source repo:
>    https://github.com/haskell/haskell-platform/tree/2014.2.0.0-RC1
>    - windows 32bit: HaskellPlatform-2014.2.0.0-i386-RC1-setup.exe
>    <http://www.ozonehouse.com/mark/platform/HaskellPlatform-2014.2.0.0-i386-RC1-setup.exe>
>    - windows 64bit: HaskellPlatform-2014.2.0.0-x86_64-RC1-setup.exe
>    <http://www.ozonehouse.com/mark/platform/HaskellPlatform-2014.2.0.0-x86_64-RC1-setup.exe>
>    - os x 64bit: Haskell Platform 2014.2.0.0 64bit RC1.signed.pkg
>    <http://www.ozonehouse.com/mark/platform/Haskell%20Platform%202014.2.0.0%2064bit%20RC1.signed.pkg>
>    - travis-ci build: 20
>    <https://travis-ci.org/haskell/haskell-platform/builds/30723884>
>
> *Notes:*
>
> General
>
>    - Built with the new shake based build system
>    - cgi package not included as it doesn't build under 7.8, and no word
>    from the maintainer in quite some time
>    - hscolour is included as a tool, mostly as it is used to build the
>    platform itself on win and mac... but we should probably officially decide
>    to include it
>    - the haskell-platform package itself is not in these releases... not
>    sure if we actually need it as it doesn't contain anything other than
>    dependencies.
>
> Windows
>
>    - The Haskell Platform now provides a native Windows 64-bit
>    installation (haskell-platform issue #54
>    <https://github.com/haskell/haskell-platform/issues/54>)
>    - All included packages built without --enable-split-objs (GHC 7.8 FAQ
>    <https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/GHC-7.8-FAQ#Cabal>)
>    - All included packages built without --enable-shared (GHC ticket #8228
>    <https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8228>)
>    - All html document links are relative and everything links nicely
>    together now, including the master index and cross-package links
>    - If other Haskell Platform installations are detected during the
>    installation of Haskell Platform 2014.2.0.0, a warning is displayed to the
>    user that this is not recommended since problems will arise due to how the
>    PATH is used in many cases to find ancillary build tools
>    - Using ghci to build an executable that links against a DLL may
>    result in numerous warnings about symbols (GHC ticket #9297
>    <https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/9297>)
>    - On Windows 64-bit, some unneeded python files are included (GHC
>    ticket #9014 <https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/9014>)
>    - The Haskell Platform for Windows, both 32-bit and 64-bit, now
>    includes an updated version of the OpenGL Utility Toolkit (GLUT) from the
>    FreeGLUT project, utilizing the pre-built distribution from
>    http://www.transmissionzero.co.uk/software/freeglut-devel/ with the
>    MinGW build (freeglut-MinGW-2.8.1-1.mp.zip). (haskell-platform issue
>    #81 <https://github.com/haskell/haskell-platform/issues/81>)
>
> Mac OS X
>
>    - Distributed with a build of 7.8.3 that differs from the released
>    bindist in two ways: a) it was built split-objs for smaller resulting
>    executables, b) it includes Cabal-1.18.1.4 which fixes a particularly nasty
>    problem with haddock, -XCPP, and clang based systems. This ghc-7.8.3
>    bindist is available as well:
>       - ghc-7.8.3-x86_64-apple-darwin-r3.tar.bz2
>       <http://www.ozonehouse.com/mark/platform/ghc-7.8.3-x86_64-apple-darwin-r3.tar.bz2>
>       - haddocks finally cross link between packages correctly
>    - includes a new experimental activate-hs command that can switch
>    between multiple installed versions of the platform
>    - includes a slightly updated uninstall-hs command
>    - the cabal command is wrapped to provide a smoother file layout on
>    the Mac... the wrapping only updates the ~/.cabal/config file the first
>    time you run it.. please pay attention to its output - if you have a custom
>    config file, you'll want to update it, as Cabal's defaults have changed
>    - works on 10.7 (tested), 10.8 (assumed!), 10.9 (tested) - both with
>    gcc and clang based Xcode installs. (Next RC will support back to 10.6!)
>    - 64bit only build this time... anyone still want the 32bit build?
>
> Source tarball
>
>
>    - Quite some changes from last time - notably now includes the new
>    build machinery, not the old.
>    - The build machinery is well tested (see the travis-ci link above)
>    from a repo... not tested much from a source repo
>    - It isn't clear the source repo is of much interest... anyone need
>    it? anyone need anything beyond the haskell-platform.cabal file in it?
>
> Timetable
>
>    - These can "soak" amongst the intreped on these lists for 48 hours.
>    - On Saturday, I'll release any needed updated RCs, and announce to a
>    wider audience
>    - End of next week (from my vacation, I'll point out), we'll declare
>    success and ship.
>
> — Mark
>
> P.S.: sha256 sums for the reasonably wary:
> 860cba2d65bc1790ec3b8a0a62c8aaf19f5b18e9070aa1ec3c468b7c6ca82697  Haskell
> Platform 2014.2.0.0 64bit RC1.signed.pkg
> 8ca8a994334bf846ac6a41ada381c51634b2fce0d68dc70b2dadf59cb8748397
>  haskell-platform-2014.2.0.0-RC1.tar.gz
> b034e2daa595e0d3827860b062afca05f62df64434b0923559acc99bd82ef1e9
>  HaskellPlatform-2014.2.0.0-i386-RC1-setup.exe
> e31fe5e0cb9dca330e6f0c62ac49bf70b79f555bfe11e8f04c47739fef224145
>  HaskellPlatform-2014.2.0.0-x86_64-RC1-setup.exe
> 8e479d9dd504b1c603cd51f3be0fa57ecdc996e842d655e39d97faafff3c2d31
>  ghc-7.8.3-x86_64-apple-darwin-r3.tar.bz2
>
>
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