[GHC] #14558: Unable to parse integer-gmp's Cabal file

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#14558: Unable to parse integer-gmp's Cabal file
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        Reporter:  taylorfausak      |                Owner:  hvr
            Type:  task              |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:
       Component:  Core Libraries    |              Version:  8.2.2
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 Type of failure:  None/Unknown      |            Test Case:
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Comment (by taylorfausak):

 Clearly there was a bug in Stack. I'm not denying that. There was a bug in
 Stack, and it has been fixed. The solution for Stack users is to upgrade
 Stack. The core of my complaint and this ticket is:

 > it's frustrating that a core library is using a bleeding edge feature
 for basically no reason

 It is demonstrably simple and easy to avoid using `^>=` constraints in
 core libraries. Doing so would ensure that the core libraries could be
 parsed with the greatest variety of tools. I think that is self-evidently
 good.

 As a thought experiment, consider what would happen if someone uploaded a
 `text-1.2.2.3` which was identical to `text-1.2.2.2` except that it
 specified `cabal-version: >= 2.0.1.1` instead of `cabal-version: >= 1.8`.
 Obviously the maintainers are well within their rights to make such a
 change. I am trying to argue that making a change like that is unnecessary
 and irresponsible. If such a change was made, I would encourage the
 maintainers to revert it. That's what I'm doing here.

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Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/14558#comment:24>
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