# Cabal meeting (15/02/2024) Previous meeting notes at: https://hackmd.io/xWsbOqZwTOG0INmykIj2Dw ## Current affairs <!-- Outstanding things on which we have to adjudicate. Important, of various degrees of urgency --> Hécate: 3.10.3.0 Release: All version bound backports seem to have been merged, I will then do the following: - Send a PR to bump all the version numbers in the 4 packages' cabal files - Create release candidates on Hackage Hécate: We need to step up our game regarding Windows documentation: https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/9713 Mikolaj: shall we move forward implementing this HF proposal (Custom overhaul in the Cabal library, for a start): https://github.com/haskellfoundation/tech-proposals/pull/60#issuecomment-1945681169 - Implementation's [Draft PR](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/pull/9551) - Additional individual PRs for commits in branch listed below - [done] Mikolaj will ask in the proposal for objections and, if none, we'd decide whether to start reviewing the main PR right away in 2 weeks. - Rodrigo will determine whether it's WT's intention to contribute the ports to the new hooks of the few dozen of packages upstream. - Gershom expressed a satisfaction with the final form of the HF proposal. Mikolaj: anybody willing to take ownership of the 3.10 branch (I'd be a backup) after the 3.10.3 release? Otherwise it's left unmaintained. Any volunteer for the 3.12 (hands-off) release management (Hecate and I would help)? - [done; any other places to advertise?] Mikolaj will advertise the 3.10 Stable Branch Maintainer job on the Matrix channel and perhaps even more widely afterwards (and will put the job description on the wiki). ## Review needed <!-- We need to take a look at these PRs and help them move on. Urgent, of various levels of importance --> * https://github.com/haskell/cabal/pull/9518 * https://github.com/haskell/cabal/pull/9470 * https://github.com/haskell/cabal/pull/9484 * https://github.com/haskell/cabal/pull/9543 ## Food for thought <!-- We want to start the thinking process amongst ourselves for things that will take time to unfold. May be important, but not urgent --> * Sam is working on: https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/9702 * Rodrigo: I'm working on the closure property of private dependencies in the solver * Fixed a bad bug with cabal install ignoring local flags that fixes #7236 #7297 #7832 #8529 #8909... all the same bug!