ghc-devs Digest, Vol 255, Issue 3

[Lei Zhu]

Hi Zubin,

I'll do the r2 release as you advised.

Thanks,
Lei Zhu

On Sun, Nov 3, 2024 at 8:02 PM <ghc-devs-request at haskell.org> wrote:

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> Hi,
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> I'm preparing the next `array` release for the coming ghc 9.12.
> The process seems boring because I just need to loosen the
> upper bound of the `base`, and then make a release.
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> Shall I have a larger range like `base < 5` or are there any
> restriction in the `base`, so we have to bump the version
> one by one?
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> Thanks,
> Lei Zhu
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> From: Zubin Duggal <zubin at well-typed.com>
> To: Lei Zhu <julytreee at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: Allow `base < 5` for package `array`
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> Hi,
>
> It is best only only allow versions that are known to compile.
> Breaking changes in `base` might break the build otherwise.
> In this case, as no other changes are needed, we don't need
> a new release of `array`. A hackage revision of array-0.5.8.0,
> bumping the base bound to allow base-4.21 will be sufficient.
>
> Along with this, I would appreciate if a commit bumping the bound
> in the cabal file was also pushed to the repository, with an
> appropriate tag like 0.5.8.0-r2 (as there already seems to be
> an r1 revision).
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> Thanks,
> Zubin
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> On 24/11/03 16:37, Lei Zhu wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >I'm preparing the next `array` release for the coming ghc 9.12.
> >The process seems boring because I just need to loosen the
> >upper bound of the `base`, and then make a release.
> >
> >Shall I have a larger range like `base < 5` or are there any
> >restriction in the `base`, so we have to bump the version
> >one by one?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Lei Zhu
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