Boot libraries for GHC 10.0

[Zubin Duggal]

Hi all,

The GHC 10.0 branch is scheduled to be cut next week. You are receiving this email because you are listed as a maintainer on a boot library or have uploaded a version to hackage recently.

Below are the current versions of all boot libraries and submodules in the GHC tree.

Libraries behind Hackage:

- file-io: 0.1.5 in tree, 0.2.0 on Hackage
- filepath: 1.5.4.0 in tree, 1.5.5.0 on Hackage
- os-string: 2.0.8 in tree, 2.0.10 on Hackage
- process: 1.6.26.1 in tree, 1.6.27.0 on Hackage

Unless there are objections, we will attempt to bump these four libraries to their latest Hackage versions before the fork.

Libraries currently at the latest Hackage version:

- Cabal 3.16.1.0
- Cabal-syntax 3.16.1.0
- Win32 2.14.2.1
- array 0.5.8.0
- binary 0.8.9.3
- bytestring 0.12.2.0
- containers 0.8
- deepseq 1.5.2.0
- directory 1.3.10.1
- exceptions 0.10.12
- haskeline 0.8.4.1
- hpc 0.7.0.2
- hsc2hs 0.68.10
- libffi-clib 3.5.2
- mtl 2.3.2
- parsec 3.1.18.0
- pretty 1.1.3.6
- semaphore-compat 1.0.0
- stm 2.5.3.1
- template-haskell-lift 0.1.0.0
- template-haskell-quasiquoter 0.1.0.0
- terminfo 0.4.1.7
- text 2.1.4
- time 1.15
- transformers 0.6.3.0
- unix 2.8.8.0
- xhtml 3000.4.0.0

I presume there will also be a corresponding Cabal 3.18 release, which we will coordinate with the Cabal developlers.

Otherwise, if you would like a different version of any library to ship with GHC 10.0, please open a GHC ticket at https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/issues/new so we can track it.

Thanks,
Zubin

[Andrew Lelechenko]

Now that https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/merge_requests/15757 has landed, I assume Duncan might want to implement https://github.com/haskell/unix/issues/365 and get a new release of `unix` out to be included in GHC 10.0.

There was ongoing work by Teo to migrate boot libraries from template-haskell to template-haskell-lift. Is there an interest for a final push?..

Best regards,

Andrew