The long anticipated Haskell Platform 2014.2 release, including GHC 7.8.3, and numerous updated packages, is almost here! We have created "Release Candidate 2" installers for OS X and Windows, and believe, barring show stopper issues, creepers exploding, or other bizarre phenomenon, these will likely be blessed as the final in a few days time. If you would like to be an early adopter, please try 'em out... - source tarball: haskell-platform-2014.2.0.0-RC2.tar.gz http://www.ozonehouse.com/mark/platform/haskell-platform-2014.2.0.0-RC2.tar.... - source repo: haskell/haskell-platform at 2014.2.0.0-RC2 https://github.com/haskell/haskell-platform/tree/2014.2.0.0-RC2 - windows 32bit: hskellPlatform-2014.2.0.0-i386-RC2-setup.exe http://www.ozonehouse.com/mark/platform/hskellPlatform-2014.2.0.0-i386-RC2-s... - windows 64bit:hskellPlatform-2014.2.0.0-x86_64-RC2-setup.exe http://www.ozonehouse.com/mark/platform/hskellPlatform-2014.2.0.0-x86_64-RC2... - os x 64bit: Haskell Platform 2014.2.0.0 64bit RC2.signed.pkg http://www.ozonehouse.com/mark/platform/Haskell%20Platform%202014.2.0.0%2064... - travis-ci build: haskell/haskell-platform https://travis-ci.org/haskell/haskell-platform *Notes for RC2, since RC1:* *Windows* *Extra thanks to Randy Polen for burning the midnight-oil to get ths out* - removed unneeded python (et al) files from the GHC bindist for 64-bit Windows (referenced in GHC ticket #9014 https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/9014) - added HTML "view source" pages for the GHC packages that was missing from the GHC bindist for both 32- and 64-bit Windows. *Mac OS X* *If you installed RC1, you can remove first with the command *sudo uninstall-hs only 7.8.3 --remove *Run it without *--remove* to see what it will do before running, it if you like. In theory you can just install this one right on top of RC1.... but hasn't been tested.* - file layout on the Mac... improved slightly (again). In particular, executables are now installed directly in $prefix/bin dirs, rather than within the package dir - fix the bug with haddock master index not being updated correctly - works on 10.6! (and 10.7, 10.8, and 10.9) with gcc or clang based Xcodes - works on 10.10!!! (Yosemite, developer preview 4 release) *Source tarball* - missing sources in hptool now present - platform.sh improved somewhat (in particular, handles host cabal being pre-sandbox) *Timetable* - These can "soak" amongst the intreped on these lists for a few hours. - On Monday evening (PST) I'll announce to haskell-cafe and reddit - End of next week (from my vacation, I'll point out), we'll declare success and ship. — Mark *SHA-256 sums:* 62f39246ad95dd2aed6ece5138f6297f945d2b450f215d074820294310e0c48a Haskell Platform 2014.2.0.0 64bit RC2.signed.pkg 7c7d3585e89e1407461efea29dcaa9628c3be3c47d93a13b5a4978046375e4fd haskell-platform-2014.2.0.0-RC2.tar.gz 6eedd76aafb266d9a09baff80cd2973498ab59195c771f7cd64425d40be29c49 hskellPlatform-2014.2.0.0-i386-RC2-setup.exe b22115ed84d1f7e747d7f0b47e32e1489e4a24613d69c91df4ae32052f88b130 hskellPlatform-2014.2.0.0-x86_64-RC2-setup.exe