Gearing up (again) for the next release: 2014.2.0.0

[Edward Kmett]

mtl should bump to 2.1.3.1

On Sunday, March 30, 2014, Mark Lentczner <mark.lentczner at gmail.com> wrote:

> SO, In anticipation of releasing a HP shortly (1 month?) after GHC 7.8...
> I'd like to get going on nailing down package versions.
>
> I've been working intently on the new Haskell Platform build process (see
> the new-build branch<https://github.com/haskell/haskell-platform/tree/new-build>),
> and have been building platforms against the release. Here is the
> description of versions I'm working with:
>
>         [ incGHC                            "7.8"
>         , incGHCLib "array"                 "0.5.0.0"
>         , incGHCLib "base"                  "4.7.0.0"
>         , incGHCLib "bytestring"            "0.10.4.0"
>         , incGHCLib "Cabal"                 "1.18.1.3"
>         , incGHCLib "containers"            "0.5.4.0"
>         , incGHCLib "deepseq"               "1.3.0.2"
>         , incGHCLib "directory"             "1.2.0.2"
>         , incGHCLib "filepath"              "1.3.0.2"
>         , incGHCLib "haskell2010"           "1.1.1.1"
>         , incGHCLib "haskell98"             "2.0.0.3"
>         , incGHCLib "hpc"                   "0.6.0.1"
>         , incGHCLib "old-locale"            "1.0.0.6"
>         , incGHCLib "old-time"              "1.1.0.2"
>         , incGHCLib "pretty"                "1.1.1.1"
>         , incGHCLib "process"               "1.2.0.0"
>         , incGHCLib "template-haskell"      "2.9.0.0"
>         , incGHCLib "time"                  "1.4.1"
>         , incGHCLib "transformers"          "0.3.0.0"
>
>         , notWindows $  incGHCLib "unix"    "2.7.0.1"
>         , onlyWindows $ incGHCLib "Win32"   "2.3.0.1"
>
>         , incLib "async"                    "2.0.1.5"
>         , incLib "attoparsec"               "0.10.4.0"
>         , incLib "case-insensitive"         "1.1.0.3"
>         , incLib "cgi"                      "3001.1.7.5"
>         , incLib "fgl"                      "5.4.2.4"
>         , incLib "GLUT"                     "2.5.0.2"
>         , incLib "GLURaw"                   "1.4.0.0"
>         , incLib "haskell-src"              "1.0.1.5"
>         , incLib "hashable"                 "1.2.1.0"
>         , incLib "html"                     "1.0.1.2"
>         , incLib "HTTP"                     "4000.2.10"
>         , incLib "HUnit"                    "1.2.5.2"
>         , incLib "mtl"                      "2.1.2"
>         , incLib "network"                  "2.4.2.2"
>         , incLib "OpenGL"                   "2.9.1.0"
>         , incLib "OpenGLRaw"                "1.4.0.0"
>         , incLib "parallel"                 "3.2.0.4"
>         , incLib "parsec"                   "3.1.5"
>         , incLib "primitive"                "0.5.2.1"
>         , incLib "QuickCheck"               "2.6"
>         , incLib "random"                   "1.0.1.1"
>         , incLib "regex-base"               "0.93.2"
>         , incLib "regex-compat"             "0.95.1"
>         , incLib "regex-posix"              "0.95.2"
>         , incLib "split"                    "0.2.2"
>         , incLib "stm"                      "2.4.2"
>         , incLib "syb"                      "0.4.1"
>         , incLib "text"                     "1.1.0.0"
>         , incLib "unordered-containers"     "0.2.3.3"
>         , incLib "vector"                   "0.10.9.1"
>         , incLib "xhtml"                    "3000.2.1"
>         , incLib "zlib"                     "0.5.4.1"
>
>         , incTool "cabal-install"           "1.18.0.3"
>         , incTool "alex"                    "3.1.2"
>         , incTool "happy"                   "1.19.2"
>
>         , incTool "hscolour"                "1.20.3"
>         , incTool "haddock"                 "2.14.0"
>         ]
>
> However, there are some issues to contend with:
>
> *Haddock* - is there any reason not to use the version built and
> distributed with GHC 7.8?
>
> *Shipped w/GHC* - GHC 7.8 ships with several more packages than we
> include in the platform. I want to review how these are handled:
>
> *possibly include in platform*
>
>         - binary-0.7.1.0
>         - ghc-prim-0.3.1.0
>         - hoopl-3.10.0.0
>
> *shouldn't include in platform*
>         - bin-package-db-0.0.0.0
>         - integer-gmp-0.5.1.0
>         - rts-1.0
>
> *shipped with GHC, but not registered in pkg-db, yet possible useful to
> include in platform:*
>
>         - haskeline-0.7.1.2
>         - terminfo-0.4.0.0
>         - xhtml-3000.2.1 -- already in platform, but HP re-builds it...
> seems silly?
>
> *cgi* - no longer builds, and we've been unwilling to bring it forward
> because it pulls in MonadCatchIO-mtl
>
> *hscolour* - never approved as part of platform, but we use it to
> generate the haddock in both GHC and the Platform - shouldn't we just
> include it?
>
> *New packages:*
> Last time we had a bunch we wanted... but timing, especially vis-a-vis 7.8
> and the new Builder classes, caused us to delay them. Shall we include:
>
>
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