CI updates (drop 8.4.4, update old-ghcs, update bootstrap plans)

.github/workflows/bootstrap.yml

@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        ghc: ["8.10.7", "9.0.2", "9.2.7", "9.4.4"]
+        ghc: ["8.10.7", "9.0.2", "9.2.8", "9.4.8", "9.6.4", "9.8.1"]
         include:
           - os: macos-latest
-            ghc: "9.2.7"
+            ghc: "9.2.8"
     name: Bootstrap ${{ matrix.os }} ghc-${{ matrix.ghc }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:

.github/workflows/validate.yml

@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: ["ubuntu-latest", "macos-latest", "windows-latest"]
-        ghc: ["9.8.1", "9.6.3", "9.4.8", "9.2.8", "9.0.2", "8.10.7", "8.8.4", "8.6.5", "8.4.4"]
+        # If you remove something from here.. then add it to the old-ghcs job.
+        ghc: ["9.8.1", "9.6.3", "9.4.8", "9.2.8", "9.0.2", "8.10.7", "8.8.4", "8.6.5"]
         exclude:
           # corrupts GHA cache or the fabric of reality itself, see https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/8356
           - os: "windows-latest"
@@ -236,7 +237,7 @@ jobs:
         # they are not available in ppa/hvr. The ghcup installation
         # needs `sudo` which is not available in the xenial container
         ghc: ["8.8.4"]
-        extra-ghc: ["7.10.3", "7.8.4", "7.6.3", "7.4.2", "7.2.2", "7.0.4"]
+        extra-ghc: ["8.4.4", "8.2.2", "8.0.2", "7.10.3", "7.8.4", "7.6.3", "7.4.2", "7.2.2", "7.0.4"]
 
     steps:
 

bootstrap/README.md

@@ -47,3 +47,13 @@ in the same way as it is shown for Linux above. On a system with functional `cab
 
 There are rules in the top-level `Makefile` for generation of these files.
 
+# Updating Bootstrap Plans
+
+In order to update the bootstrap plans on linux there is the convenient `./generate_bootstrap_plans`
+script. You can modify this script with the GHC versions you want to generate the plans for and
+then run it to generate the plans.
+
+```
+./generate_bootstrap_plans
+```
+

bootstrap/cabal-bootstrap-gen.cabal

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ executable cabal-bootstrap-gen
     , aeson                  ^>=1.5.2.0  || ^>=2.0.3.0 || ^>=2.1.0.0
     , base                   ^>=4.12.0.0 || ^>=4.13.0.0 || ^>=4.14.0.0 || ^>=4.15.0.0 || ^>=4.16.0.0 || ^>=4.17.0.0
     , bytestring             ^>=0.10.8.2 || ^>=0.11.0.0
-    , Cabal                  ^>=3.2.0.0  || ^>=3.4.1.0  || ^>=3.6.3.0 || ^>=3.10.1.0
+    , Cabal                  ^>=3.4.1.0  || ^>=3.6.3.0 || ^>=3.10.1.0
     , Cabal-syntax           ^>=3.10.1.0
     , cabal-install-parsers  ^>=0.3.0.1  || ^>=0.4.5 || ^>=0.6
     , cabal-plan             ^>=0.7.0.0

bootstrap/generate_bootstrap_plans

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+nix build nixpkgs#jq.bin -o jq
+PATH+=:$PWD/jq-bin/bin
+
+ghcs_nix="https://gitlab.haskell.org/bgamari/ghcs-nix/-/archive/master/ghcs-nix-master.tar.gz"
+
+nix build -f "$ghcs_nix" ghc-8_10_7 -o boot_ghc
+
+run() {
+  local ver="$1"
+  local drv="ghc-$ver"
+  echo "$ver"
+  nix build -f "$ghcs_nix" $drv
+  (cd ../; rm -r dist-bootstrap; cabal --distdir=dist-bootstrap build --project-file=cabal.project.release --dry-run cabal-install:exe:cabal -w bootstrap/result/bin/ghc)
+  jq --sort-keys < ../dist-bootstrap/cache/plan.json > "plan-$ver.json"
+  cabal run --with-ghc-pkg $PWD/boot_ghc/bin/ghc-pkg -w $PWD/boot_ghc/bin/ghc -v0 cabal-bootstrap-gen -- "plan-$ver.json" | jq --sort-keys | tee "linux-$(echo $ver | tr "_" ".").json"
+}
+
+run "8_10_7"
+run "9_0_2"
+run "9_2_8"
+run "9_4_8"
+run "9_6_4"
+run "9_8_1"