# Release: stan, extending support to GHC 9.6

**URL:** <https://discourse.haskell.org/t/release-stan-extending-support-to-ghc-9-6/7888>\
**Category:** Announcements\
**Created:** [October 15, 2023, 7:29pm UTC](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/release-stan-extending-support-to-ghc-9-6/7888 "2023-10-15T19:29:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![tomjaguarpaw](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.haskell.org/tomjaguarpaw/32/1230_2.png) [@tomjaguarpaw](https://discourse.haskell.org/u/tomjaguarpaw)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2023, 7:29pm UTC](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/release-stan-extending-support-to-ghc-9-6/7888/1 "2023-10-15T19:29:47Z")

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I’m pleased to announce an even newer release of `stan`, a static analysis tool for Haskell. This release extends last week’s release by adding support for 9.6, extending the supported range to 8.8-9.6.

### About `stan`

Stan is a command-line tool for analysing Haskell projects. It discovers which parts of the code can potentially be improved, and offers suggestions on how to do so. Read more about `stan` in its [`README`](https://github.com/kowainik/stan/#what-this-tool-is-about).

### Installation

I recommend obtaining `stan` from Hackage by following [the installation instructions in the README](https://github.com/kowainik/stan/#hackage).

> **[stan](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/stan-0.1.0.0)**
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> Haskell STatic ANalyser

### Help wanted

`stan` lacks active maintainers and is currently in essential maintainance only mode. I am helping out to make sure `stan` can continue to build with newer GHCs. I would welcome assistance, particularly on the following issues:

- Supporting GHC 9.8
- Prospective support for GHC 9.10
- Fixing caching on Github Actions

If you would like to contribute to Stan please [create an issue](https://github.com/kowainik/stan/issues) on the Github repository.

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[1] Some point releases are excluded because the GHC API doesn’t seem to provide enough type information, notably the later releases in the 9.2 series.

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**Author:** ![tomjaguarpaw](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.haskell.org/tomjaguarpaw/32/1230_2.png) [@tomjaguarpaw](https://discourse.haskell.org/u/tomjaguarpaw)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 11:17am UTC](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/release-stan-extending-support-to-ghc-9-6/7888/2 "2023-11-06T11:17:44Z")

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And now stan supports GHC 9.8!

(I didn’t think it was worth making a new post just for this announcement, but wanted to make people aware.)