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), 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: