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Drop GHC 8.2/base-4.10 in next major release

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
70/100
Issue type
Refactor
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
github-actions, haskell

Research direction

Start by inspecting .github/workflows/main.yml around lines 64-67 and search the repository for references to mappend and GHC 8.2/base-4.10 support. Done means the obsolete compatibility references and the specified CI configuration are removed for the next major release.

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Description

maintainability major-release

GHC 8.2.2 was released on 2017-07-22, which will be 10 years ago next year (see https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/wikis/commentary/libraries/version-history)

When dropping it, remove

Dominant language
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Stars
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Forks
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Avg merge
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Merged PRs (30d)
5

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

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