From 262219be2194426f74bc6cc25265a66c4e443902 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joachim Breitner Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2020 09:15:20 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] nixpkgs manual: Update Haskell versions and leave a comment in all-packages.nix that the docs should be updated --- doc/languages-frameworks/haskell.section.md | 29 ++++++++++----------- pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/languages-frameworks/haskell.section.md b/doc/languages-frameworks/haskell.section.md index be5c7b7c8d16..b485ec583ec3 100644 --- a/doc/languages-frameworks/haskell.section.md +++ b/doc/languages-frameworks/haskell.section.md @@ -84,37 +84,36 @@ nix-env -qaP -A nixos.haskellPackages nix-env -iA nixos.haskellPackages.cabal-install ``` -Our current default compiler is GHC 7.10.x and the `haskellPackages` set -contains packages built with that particular version. Nixpkgs contains the -latest major release of every GHC since 6.10.4, however, and there is a whole -family of package sets available that defines Hackage packages built with each -of those compilers, too: +Our current default compiler is GHC 8.6.x and the `haskellPackages` set +contains packages built with that particular version. Nixpkgs contains the last +three major releases of GHC and there is a whole family of package sets +available that defines Hackage packages built with each of those compilers, +too: ```shell -nix-env -f "" -qaP -A haskell.packages.ghc6123 -nix-env -f "" -qaP -A haskell.packages.ghc763 +nix-env -f "" -qaP -A haskell.packages.ghc844 +nix-env -f "" -qaP -A haskell.packages.ghc882 ``` The name `haskellPackages` is really just a synonym for -`haskell.packages.ghc7102`, because we prefer that package set internally and +`haskell.packages.ghc865`, because we prefer that package set internally and recommend it to our users as their default choice, but ultimately you are free to compile your Haskell packages with any GHC version you please. The following command displays the complete list of available compilers: ``` $ nix-env -f "" -qaP -A haskell.compiler -haskell.compiler.ghc822 ghc-8.2.2 -haskell.compiler.integer-simple.ghc822 ghc-8.2.2 +haskell.compiler.ghc8101 ghc-8.10.0.20191210 +haskell.compiler.integer-simple.ghc8101 ghc-8.10.0.20191210 +haskell.compiler.ghcHEAD ghc-8.10.20191119 +haskell.compiler.integer-simple.ghcHEAD ghc-8.10.20191119 haskell.compiler.ghc822Binary ghc-8.2.2-binary haskell.compiler.ghc844 ghc-8.4.4 haskell.compiler.ghc863Binary ghc-8.6.3-binary -haskell.compiler.ghc864 ghc-8.6.4 -haskell.compiler.integer-simple.ghc864 ghc-8.6.4 haskell.compiler.ghc865 ghc-8.6.5 haskell.compiler.integer-simple.ghc865 ghc-8.6.5 haskell.compiler.ghc881 ghc-8.8.1 haskell.compiler.integer-simple.ghc881 ghc-8.8.1 -haskell.compiler.ghcHEAD ghc-8.9.20190601 -haskell.compiler.integer-simple.ghcHEAD ghc-8.9.20190601 -haskell.compiler.ghcjs84 ghcjs-8.4.0.1 +haskell.compiler.ghc882 ghc-8.8.1.20191211 +haskell.compiler.integer-simple.ghc882 ghc-8.8.1.20191211 haskell.compiler.ghcjs ghcjs-8.6.0.1 ``` diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix index 18132524fba5..7bcc16dfa56b 100644 --- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix +++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix @@ -8158,6 +8158,8 @@ in haskell = callPackage ./haskell-packages.nix { }; + # Please update doc/languages-frameworks/haskell.section.md, “Our + # current default compiler is”, if you bump this: haskellPackages = dontRecurseIntoAttrs haskell.packages.ghc865; inherit (haskellPackages) ghc;