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Re: [Haskell-cafe] Package takeover: bzlib
by Andrew Lelechenko 09 Mar '24

09 Mar '24

Spam detection software, running on the system "mail.haskell.org", has identified this incoming email as possible spam. The original message has been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or label similar future email. If you have any questions, see @@CONTACT_ADDRESS@@ for details. Content preview: Thanks a ton, Duncan! > On 9 Mar 2024, at 19:20, Duncan Coutts wrote: > > Done! > > https://hackage.haskell.org/package/bzlib/maintainers/ > > On Sat, 2024-03-09 at 15:30 +0000, Andrew Lelechenko wrote: >> Iâd like to take over `bzlib` package (https://hackage.haskell.org/package/bzlib) >> >> Iâve contacted the package maintainer (Duncan Coutts, CC'd) by email twice in Aug 2023 and Oct 2023, but never heard back. Earlier Duncan granted me rights for `tar` and `zlib` packages, so I imagine he is just exceedingly busy. >> >> `bzlib` package has been on life support by Hackage Trustees for many years with a fork maintained at https://github.com/hackage-trustees/bzlib. While I can do another non-maintainer upload in my Trustee hat, Iâd like to seek a more permanent solution and maintain `bzlib` back to its canonical home at https://github.com/haskell/bzlib (which I already have access to). >> >> I do not plan any drastic changes. The immediate cause of this request is HSEC-2024-0002 (https://github.com/haskell/security-advisories/pull/157, https://github.com/hackage-trustees/bzlib/issues/4) which identifies a security vulnerability in `bzlib`, thus raising a need for urgent update. >> >> Best regards, >> Andrew > [...] Content analysis details: (5.8 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 0.0 FREEMAIL_FROM Sender email is commonly abused enduser mail provider (andrew.lelechenko[at]gmail.com) -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record 5.0 UNWANTED_LANGUAGE_BODY BODY: Message written in an undesired language 0.8 BAYES_50 BODY: Bayes spam probability is 40 to 60% [score: 0.4999] 0.0 T_DKIM_INVALID DKIM-Signature header exists but is not valid

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Re: [Haskell-cafe] Package takeover: bzlib
by Duncan Coutts 09 Mar '24

09 Mar '24

Spam detection software, running on the system "mail.haskell.org", has identified this incoming email as possible spam. The original message has been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or label similar future email. If you have any questions, see @@CONTACT_ADDRESS@@ for details. Content preview: Done! https://hackage.haskell.org/package/bzlib/maintainers/ On Sat, 2024-03-09 at 15:30 +0000, Andrew Lelechenko wrote: > Iâd like to take over `bzlib` package (https://hackage.haskell.org/package/bzlib) > > Iâve contacted the package maintainer (Duncan Coutts, CC'd) by email twice in Aug 2023 and Oct 2023, but never heard back. Earlier Duncan granted me rights for `tar` and `zlib` packages, so I imagine he is just exceedingly busy. > > `bzlib` package has been on life support by Hackage Trustees for many years with a fork maintained at https://github.com/hackage-trustees/bzlib. While I can do another non-maintainer upload in my Trustee hat, Iâd like to seek a more permanent solution and maintain `bzlib` back to its canonical home at https://github.com/haskell/bzlib (which I already have access to). > > I do not plan any drastic changes. The immediate cause of this request is HSEC-2024-0002 (https://github.com/haskell/security-advisories/pull/157, https://github.com/hackage-trustees/bzlib/issues/4) which identifies a security vulnerability in `bzlib`, thus raising a need for urgent update. > > Best regards, > Andrew [...] Content analysis details: (5.8 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- -0.0 SPF_HELO_PASS SPF: HELO matches SPF record -0.0 T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD Envelope sender domain matches handover relay domain -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record 5.0 UNWANTED_LANGUAGE_BODY BODY: Message written in an undesired language 0.8 BAYES_50 BODY: Bayes spam probability is 40 to 60% [score: 0.5000] 0.0 T_DKIM_INVALID DKIM-Signature header exists but is not valid

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Package takeover: bzlib
by Andrew Lelechenko 09 Mar '24

09 Mar '24

I’d like to take over `bzlib` package (https://hackage.haskell.org/package/bzlib) I’ve contacted the package maintainer (Duncan Coutts, CC'd) by email twice in Aug 2023 and Oct 2023, but never heard back. Earlier Duncan granted me rights for `tar` and `zlib` packages, so I imagine he is just exceedingly busy. `bzlib` package has been on life support by Hackage Trustees for many years with a fork maintained at https://github.com/hackage-trustees/bzlib. While I can do another non-maintainer upload in my Trustee hat, I’d like to seek a more permanent solution and maintain `bzlib` back to its canonical home at https://github.com/haskell/bzlib (which I already have access to). I do not plan any drastic changes. The immediate cause of this request is HSEC-2024-0002 (https://github.com/haskell/security-advisories/pull/157, https://github.com/hackage-trustees/bzlib/issues/4) which identifies a security vulnerability in `bzlib`, thus raising a need for urgent update. Best regards, Andrew

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[ANN] Copilot 3.19
by Ivan Perez 08 Mar '24

08 Mar '24

Hi everyone!! We are very excited to announce Copilot 3.19 [2]. Copilot is a stream-based EDSL in Haskell for writing and monitoring embedded C programs, with an emphasis on correctness and hard realtime requirements. Copilot is typically used as a high-level runtime verification framework, and supports temporal logic (LTL, PTLTL and MTL), clocks and voting algorithms. Copilot is being used at NASA in drone test flights. Through the NASA tool Ogma [1] (also written in Haskell), Copilot also serves as a runtime monitoring backend for NASA's Core Flight System, Robot Operating System (ROS2), and FPrime (the software framework used in the Mars Helicopter) applications. This release drastically increases the test coverage of copilot-core. We also remove deprecated functions from copilot-core that had been renamed in prior versions to comply with our style guide. I'd also like to highlight major changes that were released in Copilot 3.18.1, which was not broadly announced: the C backend now produces code that complies with MISRA C, we've introduced testing infrastructure for copilot-libraries and copilot-theorem, fixed an issue with how arrays are generated internally when used as arguments to triggers, fixed several bugs related to testing, introduce compatibility with GHC 9.6, and introduce a new function forAll to void clashes with the language keyword forall, which is needed to be compatible with GHC >= 9.8 in future versions. As always, we're releasing exactly 2 months since the last release. Our next release is scheduled for May 7th, 2024. Current emphasis is on improving the codebase in terms of stability and test coverage, removing unnecessary dependencies, hiding internal definitions, and formatting the code to meet our new coding standards. We also plan to add extensions to the language to be able to updates arrays and structs. Users are encouraged to participate by opening issues and asking questions via our github repo [3]. Happy Haskelling! Ivan [1] https://github.com/nasa/ogma [2] https://github.com/Copilot-Language/copilot/releases/tag/v3.19 [3] https://github.com/Copilot-Language/copilot [4] https://hackage.haskell.org/package/copilot

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[ANN] Agda-2.6.4.3
by Andreas Abel 06 Mar '24

06 Mar '24

Agda 2.6.4.3 has been released to replace the deprecated 2.6.4.2. Changes over Agda 2.6.4.2 are two fixes: - [Issue #7148](https://github.com/agda/agda/issues/7148): Regression in 2.6.4.2 concerning `with` - [Issue #7150](https://github.com/agda/agda/issues/7150): Regression in 2.6.4 in `rewrite` with instances # GHC supported versions Agda 2.6.4.3 has been tested with GHC 9.8.1, GHC 9.6.4, 9.4.8, 9.2.8, 9.0.2, 8.10.7, 8.8.4 and 8.6.5 on Linux, macOS and Windows. # Installation Agda 2.6.4.3 can be installed using cabal-install or stack: 1. Getting the release candidate $ cabal get https://hackage.haskell.org/package/Agda-2.6.4.3/Agda-2.6.4.3.tar.gz $ cd Agda-2.6.4.3 2. a. Using cabal-install $ cabal install -f +optimise-heavily -f +enable-cluster-counting 2. b. Using stack $ stack --stack-yaml stack-a.b.c.yaml install --flag Agda:optimise-heavily --flag Agda:enable-cluster-counting replacing `a.b.c` with your version of GHC. The flags mean: - optimise-heavily: Turn on extra optimisation for a faster Agda. Takes large resources during compilation of Agda. - enable-cluster-counting: Enable unicode clusters for alignment in the LaTeX backend. Requires the ICU lib to be installed and known to pkg-config. These flags can be dropped from the install if causing trouble. # Standard library You can use standard library v1.7.3, v2.0 or the `master` branch of the standard library with Agda 2.6.4.3. This branch is available at https://github.com/agda/agda-stdlib/ # Fixed issues over Agda 2.6.4.2 https://hackage.haskell.org/package/Agda-2.6.4.3/changelog Enjoy Agda! Report problems and regressions to: https://github.com/agda/agda/issues Andreas, on behalf of the Agda Developers

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PLMW@PLDI 2024: Call for Scholarship Applications
by Yao Li 05 Mar '24

05 Mar '24

The application for attending the Programming Language Mentoring Workshop (PLMW) @PLDI 2024 is open. The deadline is March 25th AOE for full consideration but we'll continue on a rolling basis after that as long as we have funding. The application link is here https://forms.gle/2haU1bMM7UKxU39y8. Please encourage undergraduates, MS students, and junior PhD students that you think could benefit from the workshop to apply. Below is more information about PLMW@PLDI 2024. PLMW aims to broaden the exposure of late-stage undergraduate students and early-stage graduate students to research and career opportunities in programming languages. The workshop includes mentoring sessions that cover effective habits for navigating research careers, technical sessions that cover core subfields of programming languages research, and social sessions that create opportunities for students to interact with researchers in the field. Applications from underrepresented groups in computing are especially welcome. PLMW @ PLDI 2024 will be co-located with the conference on Programming Language Design and Implementation. It will be held on June 24-25, 2024, Copenhagen, Denmark. The workshop program will cover important topics such as: • Career paths after graduate school • Interplay between PL and other areas of research in Computer Science • Useful research skills such as giving good talks and writing papers • Overview of key PL research areas both in academia and industry Find out more about the workshop at https://pldi24.sigplan.org/track/PLMW-PLDI-2024 Anitha Gollamudi. Assistant Professor, Miner School of Computer Science, Univ. of Massachusetts, Lowell. https://sites.uml.edu/anitha-gollamudi/

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2024 Haskell Ecosystem Workshop, June 6-7, co-located with Zurihac
by Jose Calderon 05 Mar '24

05 Mar '24

Hello, In this two-day event, held on the lakeside campus of OST in lovely Rapperswil, Switzerland, you can learn what you need to know in order to get started working on these tools. We’ve asked the presenters to identify ‘good first issues’ for those wanting to get their feet wet on contributing. Because the workshop is immediately prior to Zurihac 2024, you will have the opportunity to tackle one of these issues while the core developers are easily available! The following speakers have been confirmed, with more to follow: Michael Peyton Jones: Haskell Language Server Julian Ospald: GHCUp Richard Eisenberg: GHC Alan Zimmerman: ghc-exactprint Hécate: Haddock and Documentation There will also be experts on ecosystem-wide issues (e.g. Security), in order to facilitate conversations about how to address cross-cutting issues in our tooling ecosystem. We will update the list of confirmed speakers as we receive confirmation. Registration is via eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2024-haskell-ecosystem-workshop-tickets-851066… More details on the Haskell Foundation website: https://haskell.foundation/events/2024-haskell-ecosystem-workshop.html I hope to see you there! -Jose

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Midlands Graduate School (MGS)
by Graham Hutton 04 Mar '24

04 Mar '24

Dear all, There are just a few days left now to register for this years Midlands Graduate School (MGS) in Leicester. Seven fantastic courses on category theory, proof theory, type theory, session types, and more. 8-12 April 2024, Leicester, UK. Registration closes Friday 8th March. Best wishes, Graham Hutton ========================================================== Midlands Graduate School 2024 8-12 April 2024, Leicester, UK https://www.cs.le.ac.uk/events/mgs2024/ BACKGROUND: The Midlands Graduate School (MGS) in the Foundations of Computing Science provides an intensive course of lectures on the mathematical foundations of computing. The MGS has been running since 1999, and is aimed at PhD students in their first or second year of study, but the school is open to everyone, and has increasingly seen participation from industry. We welcome participants from all over the world! COURSES: Seven courses will be given. Participants usually take all the introductory courses and choose additional options from the advanced courses depending on their interests. Guest lecture - Formalisation of Mathematics, Kevin Buzzard Introductory courses - Category Theory, Thorsten Altenkirch - Proof Theory, Abhishek De and Iris van der Giessen - Type Theory with Agda, Todd Ambridge Advanced courses - Session Types, Sonia Marin - Synthetic Homotopy Theory with HoTT/UF, Ulrik Buchholtz - Graph Rewriting, Reiko Heckel - Categorical Realisability, Tom de Jong REGISTRATION: Registration is £295 for students, and £550 for academic, industry and independent participants. The fee includes all lecture courses and example classes, lunch and coffee breaks, and the conference dinner. The registration deadline is ** Friday 8th March **. Spaces are limited, so please register early to secure your place. SPONSORSHIP: We offer a range of sponsorship opportunities for industry (bronze, silver, gold and platinum), each with specific benefits. Please see the website for further details. ========================================================== — Professor Graham Hutton School of Computer Science University of Nottingham, UK http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/~pszgmh This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender and delete the email and attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored where permitted by law.

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Re: [Haskell-cafe] Is it possible to type a function to accept only literal values?
by Olaf Klinke 01 Mar '24

01 Mar '24

> Recently I was experimenting with a GCC intrinsic functions for x86 > SMID instructions to write a fast CSV parser Could you please elaborate on what you are planning to vectorize? Profiling shows that for usually number-heavy formats such as CSV or JSON, decoding the data fields outweighs the work necessary to decode the structure of the data format. Thus I assume you would want a streaming parser to decode input into a structure of yet unparsed blobs (cassava does this), then traverse the structure in parallel to finish parsing. I can imagine this poses difficulties to the standard model of parse error reporting, though, which often relies on sequential processing. Pretty much every streaming framework has incorporated cassava, and some streaming frameworks have abstractions for parsing. What is missing? (Not related to the OP:) Is streaming and parallel processing incompatible with formats such as XML or JSON, where well-formedness is typically determined by the very last byte in the input? (The last closing parenthesis or tag.) Olaf

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S-REPLS 14 at Jane Street London on March 8th: Call for participation
by Richard Eisenberg 29 Feb '24

29 Feb '24

============================================================================ S-REPLS 14 South of England Regional Programming Language Seminar series Jane Street London, 2 & A Half Devonshire Square, Premier Place, London EC2M 4UJ Fri 8 March 2024 ============================================================================ S-REPLS is a series of informal meetings for people in the South of England interested in the principles, design and implementation of programming languages. Events take place approximately thrice yearly, organised by members of the community. Attendance at S-REPLS 14 is free and lunch will be provided. Due to security concerns and planning needs all attendees need to register. Please RSVP here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeODsd6ZXNi58hTBBP1oMOLkjgkZK40QdK… <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeODsd6ZXNi58hTBBP1oMOLkjgkZK40QdK…> Schedule below. Talk abstracts and further details can be found on the S-REPLS 14 website: https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/events/s-repls14/ <https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/events/s-repls14/> 0900 Arrival and breakfast 1000 Keynote: Graded types and Algebraic Effects Dominic Orchard (University of Kent and University of Cambridge) 1100 Break 1130 Automatically Finding Upper and Lower Time Complexity Bounds for Parallel Evaluation Carsten Fuhs (Birkbeck, University of London) 1200 Somewhat Dynamic Build Systems Neil Mitchell (Meta) 1230 Lunch 1330 The Dafny Programming Language and Static Verifier Stefan Zetzsche (Amazon) 1400 Implementing a Dependently Typed Language Modelling Algebraic Equivalences Zhiyi Liu (University of Cambridge) 1430 Programming with First-class Constructor Contexts Anton Lorenzen (University of Edinburgh) 1500 Break 1530 Finding cheaper straightline instruction sequences more cheaply Maria A Schett 1600 Starlark: between configuration and programming language Stiopa Koltsov (Meta) 1630 Ill-Typed programs don’t evaluate Charlie Walpole (University of Bristol)

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