*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.... - 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-... - 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-RC... - 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%2064... - 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... - 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