Gearing up (again) for the next release: 2014.2.0.0

[Carter Schonwald]

Mark: will we try to have hp use 7.8.2?  A whole bunch of bug fixes are
planned for that,
 and likewise the patches for simplifying the cpp configuration as part of
the settings files are slated for 7.8.2

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:
>
> aeson
>
> dlist (needed by aeson, which version?)
>
> scientific (needed by aeson - or get aeson to subsume that code?)
>
> *anything else? now's the time to propose!*
>
>
> - Mark
>
>
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