= Release timetable = The Haskell Platform follows a time-based release process. A new major release with library extensions and new tools appears every 6 months, on the following schedule. Minor releases, with bug fixes, occur between these major dates. Learn about [http://trac.haskell.org/haskell-platform/wiki/VersionNumbers#Thegeneralschemeforstablereleases how the version numbers work]. == 2013.2.0.0 == * Target: May 6th, 2013 * Announce start of process, call for proposals for additions and changes: March 4th, 2012 * Call for proposals ends (no more proposals considered): March 25th, 2013 * Proposals decided, Initial version list: April 8th, 2013 * First candidates: April 22th, 2013 * Open issues resolved, Second candidates: April 29th, 2013 * Final release candidates: May 6th, 2013 == 2013.4.0.0 == * Target: November 4th, 2013 * Announce start of process, call for proposals for additions and changes: August 26th, 2012 * Call for proposals ends (no more proposals considered): September 23rd, 2013 * Proposals decided, Initial version list: October 7th, 2013 * First candidates: October 21st, 2013 * Open issues resolved, Second candidates: October 28th, 2013 * Final release candidates: November 4th, 2013 = Prior Releases = == 2012.4.0.0 == * Released November 5th, 2012 == 2012.2.0.0 == * Released June 3th, 2012 == Fourth major release: 2011.4.0.0 == * December 17th 2011 (~~was: July 2011~~). == Minor revision : 2011.2.0.1 == To incorporate important bug fixes from GHC 7.0.3, * ~~'''April 2, 2011''': Update cabal specification to include GHC 7.0.3~~ * ~~'''April 2 - 7, 2011''': Release candidates prepped and tested~~ * ~~'''April 15, 2011''': Release of 2011.2.0.1~~ == Third major release: 2011.2.0.0 == * ~~'''[http://trac.haskell.org/haskell-platform/wiki/AddingPackages November 1, 2010]''': deadline for proposals to add new packages to release.~~ * ~~'''November 16''', deadline for consensus on the mtl proposal: #152~~ ACCEPTED! * ~~'''November 16''' '''[http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/libraries/2010-November/015101.html November 23]''', deadline for consensus on the text proposal: #145~~ ACCEPTED! * ~~Freeze for 2011.2.0.0: '''Feb 11'''~~ DONE. * Caveats for GHC 7.0.2 and updated cabal-install * ~~Release candidates (2011.1.x.0): '''February'''.~~ [http://projects.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell-platform/2011-February/001400.html Mac, Unix], Windows * ~~Final release candidates (2011.1.y.0): '''Late Feb, 2011'''.~~ * Release of 2011.2.0.0 (stable): '''Mar 5, 2011'''. == Second major release: 2010.2.0.0 == === 2010.2.0.0 === Based on bug reports and polishing from the 2010.1.0.0 release (March 2010), we plan for 2010.2.0.0 in early July. * ~~GHC 6.12.2 release with improved Cabal on Windows: April 2010~~ * ~~Release held up due to blocking bugs in 6.12.2. Waiting for 6.12.3~~ * ~~GHC 6.12.3 released: June 12.~~ * ~~Freeze for 2010.2.0.0: July 14.~~ * ~~Release candidates for 2010.2.0.0.~~ * ~~Torrent pre-release: July 21~~ * ~~Release of 2010.2.0.0: July 22.~~ === 2010.1.0.0 beta === 2010.2.x is the first to include GHC 6.12: * ~~[http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/libraries/2009-September/012598.html Determine decision model for packages]~~ * ~~Determine number of packages to add. 0.~~ * ~~Upgrade package versions in darcs .cabal file: Mar 7~~ * ~~Freeze for 2010.2.0.0: March 6~~ * ~~Beta release candidate: March 20 http://code.haskell.org/~dons/code/haskell-platform/snapshot/~~ * ~~Release for 2010.1.0.0: March 21, 2010 (during [http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell/2009-November/021723.html ZuriHac])~~ == First major release, 2009.2.x == * ~~2009.2.0, Monday 4th May 2009 (actual release slipped by one day)~~ * ~~Freeze for package changes for 2009.2.0.1: Monday 18th May~~ * ~~2009.2.0.1, Monday 1st June (4 weeks after .0) ~~ * ~~''2009.2.0.2'' delayed for 6.10.4 (releasd: Jul 16)~~ * ~~Freeze for package changes to 2009.2.0.2: Wednesday July 22~~ * ~~2009.2.0.2, Wednesday July 29 (8 weeks after .1, originally planned for July 13, delayed due to GHC 6.10.4)~~