2013.4.0.0 proposal

[Johan Tibell]

hashable bump is good. I'm also pro shipping a newer Cabal, if it doesn't
cause any issues with the one that already comes with GHC.


On Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 5:11 PM, Mark Lentczner <mark.lentczner at gmail.com>wrote:

> I know it is late, and so I've done some preliminary version sleuthing....
> Here's my proposal for HP 2013.4.0.0. I know this e-mail's is long - but
> hoping to hear from all relevant parties soon.
>
> *GHC 7.6.3* -- this is a compiler bump, but all the included packages
> remain at the same version as 2013.2.0.0
>
> *Packages with no changes:*
>         fgl, haskell-src, html, HTTP, HUnit,
>         mtl, parsec, QuickCheck, random,
>         regex-base, regex-compat, regex-posix,
>         split, stm, text, transformers,
>         xhtml, zlib
>
> *Packages with minor version bumps:*
> *I'll advance these automatically this time - no need for maintainer input*
>         cgi: 3001.1.7.5 → 3001.1.8.4
>         network: 2.4.1.2 → 2.4.2.0
>         parallel: 3.2.0.3 → 3.2.0.4
>         syb: 0.4.0 → 0.4.1
>         unordered-containers: 0.2.3.0 → 0.2.3.3
>         vector: 0.10.0.1 → 0.10.9.1?
>         primitive: 0.5.0.1 → 0.5.1.0?
>
> *Packages with major version bumps:*
> *I'd like to get confirmation from the maintainers of these packages that
> this bump is "the right thing to do". The bump should ideally only add API,
> and not orphan any program that used to compile under the HP - at least not
> without a good reason.*
>         case-insensitive: 1.0.0.1 → 1.1.0.1
>         hashable: 1.1.2.5 → 1.2.1.0
>
>         GLUT: 2.4.0.0 → 2.5.0.1
>         GLURaw: 1.3.0.0 → 1.4.0.0
>         OpenGL: 2.8.0.0 → 2.9.1.0
>         OpenGLRaw: 1.3.0.0 → 1.4.0.0
>
>         alex: 3.0.5 → 3.1.0
>         happy: 1.18.10 → 1.19.0
>
> *New Packages:*
> *There was prior discussion on the libraries mailing list, and generally
> all around resounding "YES!" for including aeson.*
> *I think we should include it. I'm looking for confirmation from the
> maintainer that this is the right version to include.*
>         aeson: 0.6.2.1
>
> *Cabal:*
> *The Cabal 1.18 release was a major new release, including the very very
> useful sandbox feature. This would require shipping a different Cabal lib
> than the version shipped with the included GHC. I'm not sure of the
> implications of doing this - in particular, whether we would have to ship
> two Cabal packages or just the later.*
>         Cabal: 1.16.0 → 1.18.1.2
>         cabal-install: 1.16.0.2 → 1.18.0.2
>
> What do you all think?
>
> — Mark "late, but not forgotten" Lentczner
>
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