[Diff since v0.71.7](https://github.com/jheinen/GR.jl/compare/v0.71.7...v0.71.8)
**Closed issues:**
- Segmentation fault (or at best, no plot) when $HOME is undefined (430)
- `polymarker3d` fails flip (467)
- Using GR (directly or via Plots) fails in Julia 1.8.1 M1: incompatible architecture. (468)
- Plots cannot precompile because of GR (485)
- another `contour` bug (501)
- surface issue since latest GR (507)
**Merged pull requests:**
- Use `GR_jll.artifact_dir` instead of `find_artifact_dir()` (513) (staticfloat)