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+title: "Versions 1.2.8 and 1.0.10 released"
+author: The Nim Team
+---
+
+The Nim team is happy to announce this double release of versions 1.2.8 and 1.0.10.
+
+
+# Version 1.2.8
+
+Version 1.2.8 is our fourth patch release for Nim 1.2 and it brings several new
+fixes since version 1.2.6.
+
+
+## Installing Nim 1.2.8
+
+### New users
+
+We recommend you to install the newest Nim version (1.4.0 at the time of writing).
+Check out if the package manager of your OS already ships Nim 1.4 or
+install it as described [here](https://nim-lang.org/install.html).
+
+
+### Existing users
+
+If you have installed a previous version of Nim using `choosenim`,
+getting Nim 1.2.8 is as easy as:
+
+```bash
+$ choosenim 1.2.8
+```
+
+Alternatively, you can download Nim 1.2.8 from
+[our nightlies builds](https://github.com/nim-lang/nightlies/releases/tag/2020-10-26-version-1-2-dde13f38c9df76671866901852942ad6b942f8e5).
+
+
+## Bugfixes since 1.2.6
+
+- Fixed "Defer and --gc:arc"
+  ([#15071](https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/15071))
+- Fixed "Issue with --gc:arc at compile time"
+  ([#15129](https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/15129))
+- Fixed "Nil check on each field fails in generic function"
+  ([#15101](https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/15101))
+- Fixed "[strscans] scanf doesn't match a single character with $+ if it's the end of the string"
+  ([#15064](https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/15064))
+- Fixed "Crash and incorrect return values when using readPasswordFromStdin on Windows."
+  ([#15207](https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/15207))
+- Fixed "Inconsistent unsigned -> signed RangeDefect usage across integer sizes"
+  ([#15210](https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/15210))
+- Fixed "toHex results in RangeDefect exception when used with large uint64"
+  ([#15257](https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/15257))
+- Fixed "Mixing 'return' with expressions is allowed in 1.2"
+  ([#15280](https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/15280))
+- Fixed "proc execCmdEx doesn't work with -d:useWinAnsi"
+  ([#14203](https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/14203))
+- Fixed "memory corruption in tmarshall.nim"
+  ([#9754](https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/9754))
+- Fixed "Wrong number of variables"
+  ([#15360](https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/15360))
+- Fixed "defer doesnt work with block, break and await"
+  ([#15243](https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/15243))
+- Fixed "Sizeof of case object is incorrect. Showstopper"
+  ([#15516](https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/15516))
+- Fixed "Mixing 'return' with expressions is allowed in 1.2"
+  ([#15280](https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/15280))
+- Fixed "regression(1.0.2 => 1.0.4) VM register messed up depending on unrelated context"
+  ([#15704](https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/15704))
+
+
+Full changelog since v1.2.6 contains [53 commits](https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/compare/v1.2.6...v1.2.8).
+
+
+
+# Verson 1.0.10
+
+Version 1.0.10 is our fifth patch release for Nim 1.0 for those users who haven't
+yet switched to Nim 1.4, coming 3 months after the release of Nim 1.0.8.
+
+If you are still on Nim 1.0.x, and would like to know about new features
+available in Nim 1.2 and 1.4, check out our
+[version 1.2.0 release article](https://nim-lang.org/blog/2020/04/03/version-120-released.html) and
+[version 1.4.0 release article](https://nim-lang.org/blog/2020/10/16/version-140-released.html).
+
+
+## Installing Nim 1.0.10
+
+### New users
+
+We recommend you to install the newest Nim version (1.4.0 at the time of writing).
+Check out if the package manager of your OS already ships Nim 1.4 or
+install it as described [here](https://nim-lang.org/install.html).
+
+
+### Existing users
+
+If you have installed a previous version of Nim using `choosenim`,
+getting Nim 1.0.10 is as easy as:
+
+```bash
+$ choosenim 1.0.10
+```
+
+Alternatively, you can download Nim 1.0.10 from
+[our nightlies builds](https://github.com/nim-lang/nightlies/releases/tag/2020-10-26-version-1-0-0ca09f64cf6ecf2050b58bc26ebc622f856b4dc2).
+
+
+## Bugfixes since 1.0.8
+
+- Fixed "Defer and --gc:arc"
+  ([#15071](https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/15071))
+- Fixed "Nil check on each field fails in generic function"
+  ([#15101](https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/15101))
+- Fixed "Sizeof of case object is incorrect. Showstopper"
+  ([#15516](https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/15516))
+- Fixed "regression(1.0.2 => 1.0.4) VM register messed up depending on unrelated context"
+  ([#15704](https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/15704))
+
+
+Full changelog since v1.0.8 contains [22 commits](https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/compare/v1.0.8...v1.0.10).