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BFPG news 2018-10-09

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Releases

GHC 8.6.1 released
- https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/8.6.1/docs/html/users_guide/8.6.1-notes.html
- Interesting changes:
  - valid hole fits
  - GHCi :doc command
  - Data.Functor.Contravariant in base

Conferences

ICFP videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnqUlCo055hVknu7QAW_RUZRmRZWXmnvv
Compose Melbourne videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNoHgLVTxtaoAmyI_QJYx3M_ne4yysLSx
linux.conf.au miniconfs: https://linux.conf.au/programme/miniconfs/
- Christchurch, Jan 21-25
- Sysadmin, Developer, Games, Education, Art & Tech, Security/Identity/Privacy
YOW! Lambda Jam 2019, May 13-15 at the Pullman Albert Park in Melbourne

Miscellany

Hacktoberfest: https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/
- Make 5 pull requests to any public GitHub repos during October, get a t-shirt.
GSOC (George Wilson)
Haskell Communities and Activities Report collecting contributions until 2018-11-04
- email hcar at haskell.org
- past reports: https://wiki.haskell.org/Haskell_Communities_and_Activities_Report
Komposition: the video editor built for screencaster
- https://owickstrom.github.io/komposition/

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