2013.4.0.0 proposal - getting to alpha

[Yitzchak Gale]

Sorry, by "installer" I meant a source package.

Or just a make target that excludes those.
So I am presuming (hoping?) that this would not be
much extra work.

Thanks,
Yitz

On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 11:26 AM, Yitzchak Gale <gale at sefer.org> wrote:
> 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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