cabal-install should be 1.22.2.0 (latest). Otherwise looks good. On Mar 25, 2015 7:32 AM, "Mark Lentczner" <mark.lentcz...@gmail.com> wrote:
> *Hey you....* yes you... Platform committee member, or Platform library > maintainer, Platform packager... that's right, you: > > GHC 7.10 is about to be released. Wouldn't it rock if we came out with a > Platform within days? Or on the same day? > > I know, I know, our process is long and full of discussion, and hard, and > slow.... let's smash that, eh? How'z'bout it? > > OKAY? Good! Your task is: > > - look over the the source file at GitHub > > <https://github.com/haskell/haskell-platform/blob/pre-release/hptool/src/Releases2015.hs> > that > defines the release > - see if the version of your stuff looks right > - yeah, I bumped it all to latest, major or minor version change - so > APIs probably broke from last HP > - look near the end where there is a bunch of stuff I kinda just added > to get it all to compile > - read the notes about those things in the first message of this > thread (copied below) > - weigh in - short and sweet - if you have an opinion > - if you have a spare Mac - download it and try it! > <http://www.ozonehouse.com/mark/platform/> > > Crazy, right? I know... but, can we do this? > > — Mark > > On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 10:13 PM, Mark Lentczner <mark.lentcz...@gmail.com > > wrote: > >> I've gone ahead and built a very provisional, alpha version of 2015.2.0.0 >> using GHC 7.10 RC3. >> >> I bumped all the GHC libs to the versions in 7.10, and bumped all the >> Platform libs to the latest versions I could find on Hackage. There were a >> few issues: >> >> - *old-locale and old-time* - no longer part of GHC, but >> cabal-install, cgi & HTTP need them - and they are part of the platform - >> so included now as added packages. Not sure this is a great idea, since >> they are now very deprecated... but until cabal-install, cgi, & HTTP >> update, not sure what else to do. >> - *tf-random* - is now required by alex and QuickCheck - seems a >> shame to add this, as now we're going to have two random packages >> - *network-uri *- was split out of network, and needed by >> cabal-install, cgi, & HTTP. I suppose we should include it, as it was >> functionality and API that was part of the platform >> - *exceptions* & *multipart* - needed by cgi - is exceptions now >> subsumed by something in transformers? and... multipart? maybe time to >> drop >> cgi? We didn't have it last time anyway as it wouldn't compile! >> - *scientific* - needed by attoparsec - debated in detail last time >> ... and we're still here! >> >> The Platform is significantly larger now: On OS X it has gone from 316M >> to 499M! Most of this is due to new OpenGL libs which are now huge (went >> from 98M to 239M!) GHC itself grew by 109M (to almost 1G), so that the >> whole installed magilla is 1.5G! Even the compressed installer is now 250M! >> >> If you want to poke at it, the source is in the pre-release branch at >> GitHub <https://github.com/haskell/haskell-platform/tree/pre-release>, >> and the OS X builds are at my usual platform staging area: >> >> Index of /mark/platform <http://www.ozonehouse.com/mark/platform/> >> >> >> Remember, it already includes GHC, so no need to download the GHC binary >> for OS X that is there, too. >> >> I'll try to get a generic linux build up soonish... but my VM now runs >> out of memory trying to build OpenGL - and adding more only makes my >> machine thrash to death! >> >> - Mark >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > ghc-devs mailing list > ghc-d...@haskell.org > http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ghc-devs > >
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