[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 svenpanne):

 Replying to [comment:26 Phyx-]:
 > [...] Using `^>=` has a clear benefit, and maintainers are free to use
 any features that's in the cabal file. [...]

 What is that "clear benefit"? It surely can't be saving roughly ten
 keystrokes. As I understand it, it is just (IMHO superfluous) syntactic
 sugar. If it's not, there should be a big announcement with some
 clarifications and the underlying rationale somewhere on the Haskell
 mailing lists. The cabal file syntax is at the core of the Haskell
 ecosystem, so everybody involved should have a clear understanding of its
 semantics.

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