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| author | Anil Madhavapeddy <anil@recoil.org> | 2022-12-21 09:21:34 -0800 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2022-12-21 18:21:34 +0100 |
| commit | 1aa495f8c5090f050cba79a5978231fc08827016 (patch) | |
| tree | b3459553a8c983cfe35df51303cea9682a064e37 /README.adoc | |
| parent | 67e998bc95348a714c810c2b713d9f9ba180b285 (diff) | |
| download | ocaml-1aa495f8c5090f050cba79a5978231fc08827016.tar.gz | |
update the README to reflect the release of OCaml 5.0.0 (#11832)
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diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc index a115f3459c..889065a2a9 100644 --- a/README.adoc +++ b/README.adoc @@ -1,21 +1,20 @@ === ⚠️ CAUTION -The developer team is currently preparing the release of OCaml 5.0. This release -sports a full rewrite of its runtime system for shared-memory parallel -programming using domains and native support for concurrent programming using -effect handlers. +The developer team released OCaml 5.0.0 in December 2022. This release sports a +full rewrite of its runtime system for shared-memory parallel programming using +domains and native support for concurrent programming using effect handlers. -Owing to the large number of changes, the initial 5.0 release will be more +Owing to the large number of changes, the initial 5.0 release is more experimental than usual. It is recommended that all users wanting a stable release use the 4.14 release which will continue to be supported and updated -while 5.0 reaches feature and stability parity. Similarly, if you need one of +while 5.x reaches feature and stability parity. Similarly, if you need one of the ports not yet supported in the 5.0 release you must use the 4.14 release. -The initial release of OCaml 5.0 will only support the native compiler under -ARM64 and x86-64 architectures under Linux and macOS. On Windows, only the -MinGW-w64 port is supported. Support for other 64-bit architectures and systems -will be added back in later releases. On 32-bit systems, only the bytecode -compiler is supported. Native-code support for these systems is under +The initial release of OCaml 5.0 only supports the native compiler under ARM64 +and x86-64 architectures under Linux, macOS and the BSDs. On Windows, only the +MinGW-w64 port is supported. Support for other 64-bit architectures and +systems will be added back in later releases. On 32-bit systems, only the +bytecode compiler is supported. Native-code support for these systems is under discussion. |===== |