Proposal: Include GHC version target in libraries' description

[Alexander Berntsen]

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Problem: A frequent usecase for especially base is browsing the
haddocks online on hackage (I do this myself sometimes). A frequent
associated pain with this is remembering which base version
corresponds to which GHC version (I feel this myself sometimes).

Current solution: Consult the boot library version chart[0]. An
additional step -- where there needn't be one -- may annoy the user.
Furthermore, if they don't know about the chart then they're
essentially lost; which usually leads to them consulting another user
- -- and now we've wasted a little time for *two* of our users for no
real good reason. I conjecture that this happens quite often. Which
means our culmination of GHC-related time waste eventually adds up
quite a bit, detracting from the overall experience.

Proposed improvement: Add "[library]-[library version] is bundled with
ghc-[GHC version]." in the description string of [library].cabal. This
immediately clears up the confusion when looking at [library]'s
hackage page.


[0]
<https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Commentary/Libraries/VersionHisto
ry>
- -- 
Alexander
alexander at plaimi.net
https://secure.plaimi.net/~alexander
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