stack/cabal cleanups; drop GHC 7.6, 7.8 support

A (disabled) stack build plan for GHC 7.8 is included; supporting it
would need small code changes and a maintainer.

cabal-install.sh

@@ -1,17 +1,21 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Run this script to install all hledger packages using cabal
+# Install all hledger packages using cabal (if you prefer it to stack).
-# (if you prefer using cabal to stack)
+# cabal.project may be a newer way.
 
-# make a sandbox in this directory to avoid build problems
+# Make a local sandbox - optional, recommended for reliable installs
 cabal sandbox init
 
-# might be useful for some developers..
+# Tell sandbox about the local packages, recommended for developers
-cabal sandbox add-source ./hledger-lib
+#cabal sandbox add-source ./hledger-lib
-cabal sandbox add-source ./hledger
+#cabal sandbox add-source ./hledger
-cabal sandbox add-source ./hledger-ui
+#cabal sandbox add-source ./hledger-ui
-cabal sandbox add-source ./hledger-web
+#cabal sandbox add-source ./hledger-web
-cabal sandbox add-source ./hledger-api
+#cabal sandbox add-source ./hledger-api
 
-# build and install
+# Build and install to ./cabal-sandbox-bin (or ~/.cabal/bin without a sandbox)
-cabal install ./hledger-lib ./hledger ./hledger-ui ./hledger-web ./hledger-api \
+cabal install \
-  && echo "hledger executables successfully installed in ./.cabal-sandbox/bin"
+  ./hledger-lib \
+  ./hledger \
+  ./hledger-ui \
+  ./hledger-web \
+  ./hledger-api \

hledger-lib/hledger-lib.cabal

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ homepage:       http://hledger.org
 bug-reports:    http://bugs.hledger.org
 cabal-version:  >= 1.10
 build-type:     Simple
-tested-with:    GHC==7.6.3, GHC==7.8.4, GHC==7.10.3, GHC==8.0
+tested-with:    GHC==7.10.3, GHC==8.0
 
 extra-source-files:
     CHANGES

hledger-lib/package.yaml

@@ -160,4 +160,4 @@ tests:
         dependencies:
         - time >=1.5
 stability: stable
-tested-with: GHC==7.6.3, GHC==7.8.4, GHC==7.10.3, GHC==8.0
+tested-with: GHC==7.10.3, GHC==8.0

hledger-ui/hledger-ui.cabal

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ homepage:       http://hledger.org
 bug-reports:    http://bugs.hledger.org
 cabal-version:  >= 1.10
 build-type:     Simple
-tested-with:    GHC==7.8.4, GHC==7.10.3, GHC==8.0
+tested-with:    GHC==7.10.3, GHC==8.0
 
 extra-source-files:
     CHANGES

hledger-ui/package.yaml

@@ -98,4 +98,4 @@ executables:
           dependencies:
             - time >= 1.5
 stability   : beta
-tested-with : GHC==7.8.4, GHC==7.10.3, GHC==8.0
+tested-with : GHC==7.10.3, GHC==8.0

hledger-web/hledger-web.cabal

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ homepage:       http://hledger.org
 bug-reports:    http://bugs.hledger.org
 cabal-version:  >= 1.10
 build-type:     Simple
-tested-with:    GHC==7.6.3, GHC==7.8.4, GHC==7.10.3, GHC==8.0
+tested-with:    GHC==7.10.3, GHC==8.0
 
 extra-source-files:
       CHANGES

hledger-web/package.yaml

@@ -185,4 +185,4 @@ tests:
       dependencies:
       - ghc-prim
 stability: stable
-tested-with: GHC==7.6.3, GHC==7.8.4, GHC==7.10.3, GHC==8.0
+tested-with: GHC==7.10.3, GHC==8.0

hledger/hledger.cabal

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ homepage:       http://hledger.org
 bug-reports:    http://bugs.hledger.org
 cabal-version:  >= 1.10
 build-type:     Simple
-tested-with:    GHC==7.6.3, GHC==7.8.4, GHC==7.10.3, GHC==8.0
+tested-with:    GHC==7.10.3, GHC==8.0
 
 extra-source-files:
     bench/10000x1000x10.journal

hledger/package.yaml

@@ -269,4 +269,4 @@ benchmarks:
         dependencies:
         - time >=1.5
 stability: stable
-tested-with: GHC==7.6.3, GHC==7.8.4, GHC==7.10.3, GHC==8.0
+tested-with: GHC==7.10.3, GHC==8.0

stack-ghc7.10.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Last-tested stack build plan using GHC 7.10.3.
+# Older/newer snapshots in this series will likely work also.
+
+resolver: lts-6.22
+
+packages:
+- hledger-lib
+- hledger
+- hledger-ui
+- hledger-web
+- hledger-api
+
+extra-deps:
+- brick-0.8
+- megaparsec-5.0.1

stack-ghc7.8.yaml.old

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# GHC 7.8 support has bitrotted; patches welcome.
+
+# stack build plan WIP:
+
+#resolver: lts-2.22
+#
+#packages:
+#- hledger-lib
+##- hledger
+##- hledger-ui
+##- hledger-web
+##- hledger-api
+#
+#extra-deps:
+#- base-compat-0.8.1
+#- time-1.5
+#- megaparsec-5.0.1
+#- uglymemo-0.1.0.1
+#- fail-4.9.0.0
+#- semigroups-0.18.2
+#- transformers-0.4.1.0
+#- transformers-compat-0.4.0.4
+#- mtl-2.2.1
+#- mtl-compat-0.2.1.3
+##- brick-0.8

stack-ghc7.yaml

@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-# Use this config if you prefer to build with GHC 7 & stackage lts-6
-# for some reason.
-# $ stack --stack-yaml stack-ghc7.yaml install
-
-# Some older and newer lts-6 snapshots will also work here.
-resolver: lts-6.22
-
-packages:
-- hledger-lib
-- hledger
-- hledger-ui
-- hledger-web
-- hledger-api
-
-extra-deps:
-- brick-0.8
-- megaparsec-5.0.1

stack-ghc8.0.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Last-tested stack build plan using GHC 8.0.
+# Older/newer snapshots in this series will likely work also.
+
+resolver: lts-7.4
+
+packages:
+- hledger-lib
+- hledger
+- hledger-ui
+- hledger-web
+- hledger-api
+
+extra-deps:
+# for hledger-ui:
+- brick-0.8
+- text-zipper-0.4
+- vty-5.7.1
+# for hledger-web:
+- wai-handler-launch-3.0.2.1
+
+# cf https://github.com/commercialhaskell/stack/wiki/stack.yaml

stack.yaml

@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-# some older and newer lts-7 snapshots will also work here
-resolver: lts-7.4
-
-packages:
-- hledger-lib
-- hledger
-- hledger-ui
-- hledger-web
-- hledger-api
-
-extra-deps:
-# for hledger-ui:
-- brick-0.8
-- text-zipper-0.4
-- vty-5.7.1
-# for hledger-web:
-- wai-handler-launch-3.0.2.1
-
-# cf https://github.com/commercialhaskell/stack/wiki/stack.yaml

stack.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+stack-ghc8.0.yaml