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This is a WIP PR to add the upcoming Chapel 2.8 release, which is scheduled for March 12th.

Changes include:

  • Add 2.8
  • Deprecate 2.5
  • Add a new version of an existing patch for 2.8
  • Update LLVM dependencies

Signed-off-by: Engin Kayraklioglu <e-kayrakli@users.noreply.github.com>
Signed-off-by: Engin Kayraklioglu <e-kayrakli@users.noreply.github.com>
Signed-off-by: Engin Kayraklioglu <e-kayrakli@users.noreply.github.com>
Signed-off-by: Engin Kayraklioglu <e-kayrakli@users.noreply.github.com>
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Thanks for creating this PR, but I'm guessing it's not yet ready for merge?


version(
"2.8.0",
url="https://chapel-lang.org/tmp/chapel-2.8.0.tar.gz",
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@e-kayrakli This looks like a temporary URL.

If this URL is not the persistent/archival location of the release, then I suggest we demote this to a Draft PR to ensure it doesn't get merged with a URL that is expected to stop working soon.

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I suggest we demote this to a Draft PR to ensure it doesn't get merged with a URL that is expected to stop working soon

This is my fault, I remember having this conversation with you previously @bonachea but I just checked and our internal release process docs still say to not use a draft PR, will go update that now.

Signed-off-by: Engin Kayraklioglu <e-kayrakli@users.noreply.github.com>
@spackbot-triage spackbot-triage bot requested a review from bonachea March 12, 2026 17:51
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Closing in favor of #3836

@e-kayrakli e-kayrakli closed this Mar 13, 2026
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