cabal-install 3.0.1.0 release planning

[hvr]

Given #6327 it becomes more urgent to finalize a first point-release of cabal-install with the main goals of being a

• GHC 8.8.1 compatible (that is, being compilable by GHC 8.8.1; not only supporting driving GHC 8.8.1) release (requires new backward-incompat hackage-security release) and
• include/backport important fixes (such as e.g. Compute correct install directories for instantiated Backpack components  #6317 and ideally Update normaliseGhcArgs for GHC-8.8 #6218)

After a brief conversation with @23Skidoo a realistic time-schedule is to aim for releasing sometime next week (before end of Sunday Nov 17th)

As deliverables, this ought to include

• A source-release to Hackage
• Making sure the bootstrap script works w/ at least GHC 8.8.1 (relevant to e.g. Compute correct install directories for instantiated Backpack components  #6317)
• Binary releases for Linux (@hvr), macOS (@phadej), Windows (@Mistuke) on http://downloads.haskell.org
  • inclusion in ghcup (cc @hasufell)
  • inclusion in Chocolatey (cc @Mistuke)

[jneira]

Hi!, #6298 fixed a minor bug but i think it could be backported to 3.0 without taking many risks.

[phadej]

https://github.com/haskell/cabal/milestone/51 milestone has 35 open issues. Those have to be resolved (or reclassified) before this can go forward.

[phadej]

I backported bunch of stuff and made https://github.com/haskell/cabal/releases/tag/Cabal-v3.0.1.0-rc1 tag. I'll make a MR to GHC advancing Cabal submodule to it.

[jneira]

@phadej sorry for ping but do you think #6298 could be backported to 3.0.1.0? it is a minor bug but it blocks the use of cabal-helper (and haskell-ide-engine) with a custom store-dir (pretty common for windows users)
I could try to do a pr if you think it could be included in the release.
Thanks in advance!

[phadej]

@jneira sorry, but I just created another rc. I hope cabal-install-3.2 will be released in 1-2 months. I'd like not to spend any more time on 3.0.

EDIT: as it's a cabal-install issue, so it's not important to get into Cabal shipped with GHC: there's nothing to change in Cabal.

[phadej]

@hvr, @23Skidoo from my side

• https://github.com/haskell/cabal/releases/tag/Cabal-v3.0.1.0-rc2
• https://github.com/haskell/cabal/releases/tag/cabal-install-v3.0.1.0-rc1

are ready

[DanielG]

Might be too late, but I would have liked #6300 to be included in the point release also. It's another Windos fix.

[phadej]

6300 is included. I’ll probably backport store dir also today, if the patch applies cleanly

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[phadej]

New tags updated in #6328 (comment)

I think they can be released (note: I'd wait till https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/merge_requests/2320 is merged).

[DanielG]

Awesome, thanks!

[phadej]

I backported cabal install --ignore-project to 3.0 branch too.

• https://github.com/haskell/cabal/releases/tag/Cabal-v3.0.1.0-rc2
• https://github.com/haskell/cabal/releases/tag/cabal-install-v3.0.1.0-rc2

[phadej]

Another tag for cabal-install: https://github.com/haskell/cabal/releases/tag/cabal-install-v3.0.1.0-rc4

[phadej]

GHC-8.8.2 released with Cabal at Cabal-v3.0.1.0-rc2 tag.

[arrowd]

Any ETA for cabal-install 3.0.1.0? I unable bootstrap 3.0.0.0 with GHC 8.8.

[domenkozar]

Any chance of getting Cabal 3.0.1.0 on hackage?

[bezirg]

Any chance of getting Cabal 3.0.1.0 on hackage?

Also this page has to be updated: https://www.haskell.org/cabal/download.html

[symbiont-sam-halliday]

🤞 for #6222 in 3.0.1.0

[fishtreesugar]

It seems 3.0.1.0 not correctly release with tag and hackage uploading but mentioned in changelog