# Cabal meeting (12/10/2023) ## Cabal 3.10.2.0 status Distribution blockers: * Windows paths corrupted in CI -> https://github.com/haskell/ghcup-metadata/pull/127 * error: https://github.com/haskell/ghcup-metadata/pull/127#issuecomment-1742107642 (https://github.com/haskell/ghcup-metadata/actions/runs/6371387038/job/17293285342#step:3:15214) * Julian has some steps to bypass this blocker. In any case we need more in-house expertise. * No i386 Alpine bindists produced anymore since last release * We should deprioritise i386 as GHC is far from being reliable on this platform, and statically linking GHC doesn't work. ## Current Affaires ### Hooks build type https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/9292 now has a design document that you can read: https://github.com/well-typed/hooks-build-type/blob/main/design.md. An accompanying survey is also available at https://github.com/well-typed/hooks-build-type/blob/main/survey.md that justifies the decisions. Artem: would it be possible to post it on Discourse / Cafe? Hécate: It will be considered, should be done. ### Inclusion of project unit identifier in store paths and compiler ABI tag in package hashes Simon Hengel (_sol_) opened two PRs of interest: * [Include the compiler ABI tag in nix-style package hashes #9325](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/pull/9325) * [Include the GHC "Project Unit Id" in the cabal store path #9326](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/pull/9326) To fix https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/8114 Ben is not very convinced of this design, because it hampers reinstallable GHC from being implementable. You'd want to track GHC like any other build tool, and not having it intervene in distinguishing store items. Gershom prefers inserting the disambiguation hash in the path, as it does not lead to weird situations. ### Improving Cabal docs Can people look into: https://github.com/haskell/cabal/pull/9212 where a volunteer is trying to improve the getting started section of the manual? It's easy to make it worse. We need to have more eyeballs on it.