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 branchhttps://github.com/haskell/haskell-platform/tree/new-build), 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: aeson dlist (needed by aeson, which version?) scientific (needed by aeson - or get aeson to subsume that code?) *anything else? now's the time to propose!* - Mark