Request to release cabal-install 1.18.0.3 (Was: 2013.4.0.0 proposal

Hi, cabal-install 1.18.0.2 has two critical bugs on Windows. 1. "cabal sdist" command make broken tarball on Windows. https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/1538 2. "cabal update" command broke package index sometimes. https://twitter.com/xyx_is/status/391944129074044929 (in Japanese) Both bugs are already fixed in 1.18 branch's cabal-install (with Cabal 1.18.1.2). But that version isn't released yet. So, please release newer version of cabal-install before releasing HP 2013.4.0.0. Best Regards, On Mon, 11 Nov 2013 01:46:18 +0900, Johan Tibell wrote:

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 wrote:

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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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