All, There is unfortunately some synchronisation between ghc releases and the releases of various common libraries, the so-called "extralibs" collection. So I'd like to look briefly at what the version numbers of theses packages should be. It is important that we do increase the version numbers if there are changes since the last releases. In cases where the package's HEAD repo is maintained somewhere other than darcs.haskell.org/packages/$pkg that we do not break the version scheme used by the package maintainer. The current set of "extralibs" packages is: ALUT arrows cgi fgl GLUT haskell-src HGL html HUnit mtl network ObjectIO OpenAL OpenGL parallel parsec QuickCheck regex-base regex-compat regex-posix stm time X11 xhtml For each one I'd like to identify where the HEAD repo is, what the last released version was, what the current version number in the darcs version is, if there are any changes since that release and if so what the new release number ought to be. These version number bumps are based on existing versioning practise for these libraries rather than the proposed package versioning policy. http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Package_versioning_policy#Version_numbers I have also listed for each package what the next version number would be under the proposed package versioning policy.They are marked as "PVP next version". If you think I've got any of these details wrong, please say so. ========== ALUT HEAD repo: http://darcs.haskell.org/packages/ALUT Released version: 2.0.1 (in ghc-6.6.1 extralibs tarball) Current version: 2.0.1 Changes since release: minor build system changes Suggested next version: 2.0.2 PVP next version: 2.0.1.1 ========== arrows HEAD repo: http://darcs.haskell.org/packages/arrows Released version: 0.3 (on hackage) Current version: 0.3 Changes since release: none Suggested next version: not needed PVP next version: not needed Notes: The latest version of this package depends on Stream which is not currently in the extralibs collection. This anomaly will need to be sorted out. ========== cgi HEAD repo: http://darcs.haskell.org/packages/cgi Released version: 3001.1.5 (on hackage) Current version: 3001.1.5 Changes since release: comments and build system changes Suggested next version: 3001.1.6 PVP next version: 3001.1.5.1 Notes: requires .cabal changes to build with older base versions ========== fgl HEAD repo: http://darcs.haskell.org/packages/fgl Released version: 5.4.1 (in ghc-6.6.1 extralibs tarball) Current version: 5.4.1 Changes since release: build system changes Suggested next version: 5.4.2 PVP next version: 5.4.1.1 Notes: requires .cabal changes to build with older base versions ========== GLUT HEAD repo: http://darcs.haskell.org/packages/GLUT Released version: 2.1.1 (in ghc-6.6.1 extralibs tarball) Current version: 2.1.1 Changes since release: build system changes Suggested next version: 2.1.2 PVP next version: 2.1.1.1 ========== haskell-src HEAD repo: http://darcs.haskell.org/packages/haskell-src Released version: 1.0.1 (in ghc-6.6.1 extralibs tarball) Current version: 1.0.1 Changes since release: build system and portability changes (same api) Suggested next version: 1.0.2 PVP next version: 1.0.1.1 Notes: requires .cabal changes to build with older base versions ========== HGL HEAD repo: http://darcs.haskell.org/packages/HGL Released version: 3.1.1 (in ghc-6.6.1 extralibs tarball) Current version: 3.1.1 Changes since: build system changes Suggested next version: 3.1.2 PVP next version: 3.1.1.1 Notes: requires .cabal changes to build with older base versions ========== html HEAD repo: http://darcs.haskell.org/packages/html Released version: 1.0.1 (in ghc-6.6.1 extralibs tarball) Current version: 1.0.1 Changes since: build system changes Suggested next version: 1.0.2 PVP next version: 1.0.1.1 ========== HUnit HEAD repo: http://darcs.haskell.org/packages/HUnit Released version: 1.1.1 (in ghc-6.6.1 extralibs tarball) Current version: 1.1.1 Changes since: some code changes, not obvious if api changed Suggested next version: 1.1.2 PVP next version: 1.1.2 ========== mtl HEAD repo: http://darcs.haskell.org/packages/mtl Released version: 1.0.1 (in ghc-6.6.1 extralibs tarball) Current version: 1.0.1 Changes since: added more module re-exports and docs Suggested next version: 1.0.2 PVP next version: 1.0.2 Note: does not build with ghc-6.4.x as base-1.0 ========== network HEAD repo: http://darcs.haskell.org/packages/network Released version: 2.0.1 (in ghc-6.6.1 extralibs tarball) Current version: 2.0.1 Changes since: IPV6 support added, api extended not changed Suggested next version: 2.0.2 PVP next version: 2.0.2 Note: needs a patch to build with ghc-6.4.x and base-1.0 ========== ObjectIO HEAD repo: http://darcs.haskell.org/packages/ObjectIO Released version: 1.0.1 (in ghc-6.6.1 extralibs tarball) Current version: 1.0.1 Changes since: Setup.hs changes only Suggested next version: 1.0.2 PVP next version: 1.0.1.1 ========== OpenAL HEAD repo: http://darcs.haskell.org/packages/OpenAL Released version: 1.3.1 (in ghc-6.6.1 extralibs tarball) Current version: 1.3.1 Changes since: build system changes Suggested next version: 1.3.2 PVP next version: 1.3.1.1 ========== OpenGL HEAD repo: http://darcs.haskell.org/packages/OpenGL Released version: 2.2.1 (in ghc-6.6.1 extralibs tarball) Current version: 2.2.1 Changes since: build system changes Suggested next version: 2.2.2 PVP next version: 2.2.1.1 ========== parallel HEAD repo: http://darcs.haskell.org/packages/parallel Released version: none Current version: 1.0 Changes since: n/a Suggested next version: 1.0 PVP next version: 1.0 Note: cannot build with older ghc/base versions as it exposes modules provided by base-2.x. ========== parsec HEAD repo: http://darcs.haskell.org/packages/parsec Released version: 2.0 (hackage and ghc-6.6.1 extralibs tarball) Current version: 2.0 Changes since: api additions (extended, not changed) Suggested next version: 2.0.1 PVP next version: 2.0.1 ========== QuickCheck HEAD repo: http://darcs.haskell.org/QuickCheck 1.x repo: http://darcs.haskell.org/packages/QuickCheck Released version: 1.0.1 (in ghc-6.6.1 extralibs tarball) Current version: 1.0.1 Changes since: build system Suggested next version: 1.0.2 PVP next version: 1.0.1.1 Note: we seem to be including QuickCheck 1.x rather than 2.x. ========== regex-base HEAD repo: http://darcs.haskell.org/packages/regex-unstable/regex-base 0.72 repo: http://darcs.haskell.org/packages/regex-base Released version: 0.72 (in ghc-6.6.1 extralibs tarball) 0.92 (on hackage) Current version: 0.72 (in ghc-6.8 extralibs) 0.92 (upstream) Changes since: build system changes Suggested next version: 0.72.1 PVP next version: 0.72.0.1 Note: we seem to be including regex-base 0.72 when the latest upstream version is 0.92. ========== regex-compat HEAD repo: http://darcs.haskell.org/packages/regex-unstable/regex-compat 0.71 repo: http://darcs.haskell.org/packages/regex-compat Released version: 0.71 (hackage and ghc-6.6.1 extralibs tarball) 0.90 (on hackage) Current version: 0.71 (in ghc-6.8 extralibs) 0.90 (upstream) Changes since: trivial code change and build system changes Suggested next version: 0.71.1 PVP next version: 0.71.0.1 Note: Setup.lhs needs fixing to be trivial. Again, we seem to be including regex-base 0.71 when the latest upstream version is 0.90. ========== regex-posix HEAD repo: http://darcs.haskell.org/packages/regex-unstable/regex-posix 0.72 repo: http://darcs.haskell.org/packages/regex-posix Released version: 0.71 (hackage and ghc-6.6.1 extralibs tarball) 0.91 (on hackage) Current version: 0.72 (in ghc-6.8 extralibs) 0.91 (upstream) Changes since: compatible code changes and build system changes Suggested next version: 0.72.1 PVP next version: 0.72.0.1 Note: will need patching to build with base-2.0. Again, we seem to be including regex-base 0.72 when the latest upstream version is 0.91. ========== stm HEAD repo: http://darcs.haskell.org/packages/stm Released version: 2.1 (hackage and ghc-6.6.1 extralibs tarball) Current version: 2.1 Changes since: two new new functions and build system changes Suggested next version: 2.1.1 PVP next version: 2.1.1 Note: will not currently build with base-2.0. It's not clear if this is a problem, or if stm is tightly tied to the base/ghc version anyway. ========== time HEAD repo: http://darcs.haskell.org/packages/time Released version: 1.1.1 (in ghc-6.6.1 extralibs tarball) Current version: 1.1.1 Changes since: minor behaviour changes (bug fixes) Suggested next version: 1.1.2 PVP next version: 1.1.2 ========== X11 HEAD repo: http://darcs.haskell.org/packages/X11 Released version: 1.2.3 (on hackage) Current version: 1.2.3 Changes since: none Suggested next version: not needed PVP next version: not needed ========== xhtml HEAD repo: http://darcs.haskell.org/packages/xhtml Released version: 3000.0.2 (in ghc-6.6.1 extralibs tarball) Current version: 3000.0.2 Changes since: minor build system changes Suggested next version: 3000.0.3 PVP next version: 3000.0.2.1 Additionally, there are some core libs that could be usable with older versions of other libs, like base and so could be used with older releases of ghc or other implementations: bytestring Cabal filepath haskell98 readline unix Win32 ========== bytestring HEAD repo: http://darcs.haskell.org/bytestring Released version: 0.9 (on hackage) Current version: 0.9 Changes since: none Suggested next version: not needed PVP next version: not needed ========== Cabal HEAD repo: http://darcs.haskell.org/cabal Released version: 1.2.1 (on hackage) Current version: 1.2.1 Changes since: some minor changes Suggested next version: 1.2.2 PVP next version: 1.2.2 ========== filepath HEAD repo: http://darcs.haskell.org/packages/filepath 1.1 repo: http://darcs.haskell.org/ghc-6.8/packages/filepath Released version: 1.0 (on hackage) Current version: 1.1 Changes since: api additions, bug fixes Suggested next version: 1.1 PVP next version: 1.0.1 Note: filepath head branch is marked as version 1.0 while the version included with ghc-6.8 is marked as 1.1. ========== haskell98 HEAD repo: http://darcs.haskell.org/packages/haskell98 Released version: 1.0 (hackage and ghc-6.6.1 extralibs tarball) Current version: 1.0.1 Changes since: build system changes Suggested next version: ??? PVP next version: 1.0.0.1 Note: If the version number identifies the api to some degree, then the H98 api never changes so it's version number should never increment, except in the micro revision for build system changes. ========== readline HEAD repo: http://darcs.haskell.org/packages/readline Released version: 1.0 (ghc-6.6.1 extralibs tarball) Current version: 1.0.1 Changes since: api additions, build system changes Suggested next version: 1.0.1 PVP next version: 1.0.1 ========== unix HEAD repo: http://darcs.haskell.org/packages/unix Released version: 2.1 (ghc-6.6.1 extralibs tarball) Current version: 2.2 Changes since: many api additions Suggested next version: 2.2 PVP next version: 2.1.1 Note: will not currently build with base-2.0. ========== Win32 HEAD repo: http://darcs.haskell.org/packages/Win32 Released version: 2.1 (hackage and ghc-6.6.1 extralibs tarball) Current version: 2.1.1 Changes since: api additions Suggested next version: 2.1.1 PVP next version: 2.1.1 Note: will not currently build with base-2.0. Duncan