2013.4.0.0 proposal - getting to alpha

[Yitzchak Gale]

To remind people of an issue I have brought up in the past:

Could this version of HP please also include an installer for Linux
that does not
include the OpenGL-related packages? This is needed to be able to install
HP on a headless Linux server. Otherwise, the only way to install HP
is to install a boatload of X server dependencies, and possibly even the
X server itself, defeating the whole purpose of having a headless server.

Thanks,
Yitz


On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 9:55 PM, Mark Lentczner
<mark.lentczner at gmail.com> wrote:
> Here is the current status of the 2013.4.0.0 proposal.
>
> Outstanding Issues
> We have a few decisions outstanding, and I'd like to have these decided by
> Nov. 23 (one week).
>
> fgl - waiting to hear if Ivan will have new version ready in time.
> aeson / dlist - there are serveral options -- I'll start a separate thread
> on this topic.
> alex / happy - I'd like to hear an "okay" from the maintainers on the major
> version bump
>
>
> Current Proposed Versions
> GHC 7.6.3 -- same as last time (erroneously listed as a version bump last
> time)
>
> Packages with no changes:
>         fgl, haskell-src, html, HUnit,
>         mtl, parsec, QuickCheck, random,
>         regex-base, regex-compat, regex-posix,
>         split, stm, text, transformers,
>         xhtml, zlib
>
> Packages held back:
>         cgi: 3001.1.7.5 (3001.1.8.4 requires MonadCatchIO-mtl)
>
> Packages with minor version bumps:
>         HTTP: 4000.2.8 → 4000.2.9
>         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:
>         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 pending okay
>         happy: 1.18.10 → 1.19.0  pending okay
>
> Cabal:
>         Cabal: 1.16.0 → 1.18.1.2 consensus seems to be that this will be
> okay
>         cabal-install: 1.16.0.2 → 1.18.0.2
>
>
> Platform Packagers:
> This is likely to be the last HP source release that contains all the ad hoc
> scripts for packaging. I canvased the group last time and as I recall,
> everyone said they just used the .cabal file - and no one used the scripts.
> I plan to replace them with a new tool built for the needs of the release,
> and ditch this old set of scripts. If you need 'em, speak now, or forever
> hold your peace!
>
> — Mark
>
>
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