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+.. _release-8-12-1:
+
+Release notes for version 8.12.1
+================================
+
+The significant changes to the various parts of the compiler are listed in the
+following sections.
+
+
+Highlights
+----------
+
+- TODO
+
+Full details
+------------
+
+Language
+~~~~~~~~
+
+Compiler
+~~~~~~~~
+
+
+GHCi
+~~~~
+
+
+Runtime system
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Template Haskell
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+``ghc-prim`` library
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+``ghc`` library
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+
+``base`` library
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Build system
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Included libraries
+------------------
+
+The package database provided with this distribution also contains a number of
+packages other than GHC itself. See the changelogs provided with these packages
+for further change information.
+
+.. ghc-package-list::
+
+ libraries/array/array.cabal: Dependency of ``ghc`` library
+ libraries/base/base.cabal: Core library
+ libraries/binary/binary.cabal: Dependency of ``ghc`` library
+ libraries/bytestring/bytestring.cabal: Dependency of ``ghc`` library
+ libraries/Cabal/Cabal/Cabal.cabal: Dependency of ``ghc-pkg`` utility
+ libraries/containers/containers/containers.cabal: Dependency of ``ghc`` library
+ libraries/deepseq/deepseq.cabal: Dependency of ``ghc`` library
+ libraries/directory/directory.cabal: Dependency of ``ghc`` library
+ libraries/filepath/filepath.cabal: Dependency of ``ghc`` library
+ compiler/ghc.cabal: The compiler itself
+ libraries/ghci/ghci.cabal: The REPL interface
+ libraries/ghc-boot/ghc-boot.cabal: Internal compiler library
+ libraries/ghc-boot-th/ghc-boot-th.cabal: Internal compiler library
+ libraries/ghc-compact/ghc-compact.cabal: Core library
+ libraries/ghc-heap/ghc-heap.cabal: GHC heap-walking library
+ libraries/ghc-prim/ghc-prim.cabal: Core library
+ libraries/haskeline/haskeline.cabal: Dependency of ``ghci`` executable
+ libraries/hpc/hpc.cabal: Dependency of ``hpc`` executable
+ libraries/integer-gmp/integer-gmp.cabal: Core library
+ libraries/libiserv/libiserv.cabal: Internal compiler library
+ libraries/mtl/mtl.cabal: Dependency of ``Cabal`` library
+ libraries/parsec/parsec.cabal: Dependency of ``Cabal`` library
+ libraries/pretty/pretty.cabal: Dependency of ``ghc`` library
+ libraries/process/process.cabal: Dependency of ``ghc`` library
+ libraries/stm/stm.cabal: Dependency of ``haskeline`` library
+ libraries/template-haskell/template-haskell.cabal: Core library
+ libraries/terminfo/terminfo.cabal: Dependency of ``haskeline`` library
+ libraries/text/text.cabal: Dependency of ``Cabal`` library
+ libraries/time/time.cabal: Dependency of ``ghc`` library
+ libraries/transformers/transformers.cabal: Dependency of ``ghc`` library
+ libraries/unix/unix.cabal: Dependency of ``ghc`` library
+ libraries/Win32/Win32.cabal: Dependency of ``ghc`` library
+ libraries/xhtml/xhtml.cabal: Dependency of ``haddock`` executable
+