Purge GHC 8.8 (haskell#3287)

We're also dropping support for this.

Author: michaelpj

.circleci/config.yml

@@ -75,11 +75,6 @@ defaults: &defaults
 
 version: 2
 jobs:
-  stackage-lts16:
-    environment:
-      - STACK_FILE: "stack-lts16.yaml"
-    <<: *defaults
-
   stackage-lts19:
     environment:
       - STACK_FILE: "stack-lts19.yaml"
@@ -95,6 +90,5 @@ workflows:
   version: 2
   multiple-ghcs:
     jobs:
-      - stackage-lts16
       - stackage-lts19
       - stackage-nightly

.github/workflows/caching.yml

@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ jobs:
              , "9.2.3"
              , "9.0.2"
              , "8.10.7"
-             , "8.8.4"
              ]
         os: [ "ubuntu-latest"
             , "macOS-latest"

.github/workflows/flags.yml

@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ jobs:
         ghc: [ "9.2.4"
              , "9.0.2"
              , "8.10.7"
-             , "8.8.4"
              ]
         os: [ "ubuntu-latest"
             ]

.github/workflows/hackage.yml

@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ jobs:
                   "haskell-language-server"]
         ghc: [ "9.0.2"
              , "8.10.7"
-             , "8.8.4"
              ]
         exclude:
         - ghc: "9.0.2"

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ RUN sudo install-packages build-essential curl libffi-dev libffi7 libgmp-dev lib
     echo 'export PATH=$HOME/.cabal/bin:$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH' >> $HOME/.bashrc && \
     . /home/gitpod/.ghcup/env && \
     # Install all verions of GHC that HLS supports. Putting GHC into Docker image makes workspace start much faster.
-    ghcup install ghc 8.8.4 && \
     ghcup install ghc 8.10.7 && \
     ghcup install ghc 9.0.2 && \
     ghcup install ghc 9.2.3 && \

.gitpod.Dockerfile

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-8.8.4,cabal.project
 8.10.7,cabal.project
 9.0.2,cabal.project
 9.2.3,cabal.project

bindist/ghcs

@@ -51,18 +51,14 @@ If you are using nix 2.4 style command (enabled by `experimental-features = nix-
 you can use `nix develop` instead of `nix-shell` to enter the development shell. To enter the shell with specific GHC versions:
 
 * `nix develop` or `nix develop .#haskell-language-server-dev` - default GHC version
-* `nix develop .#haskell-language-server-8107-dev` - GHC 8.10.7
-* `nix develop .#haskell-language-server-884-dev` - GHC 8.8.4
-* `nix develop .#haskell-language-server-901-dev` - GHC 9.0.1
+* `nix develop .#haskell-language-server-901-dev` - GHC 9.0.1 (substitute GHC version as appropriate)
 
 If you are looking for a Nix expression to create haskell-language-server binaries, see https://github.com/haskell/haskell-language-server/issues/122
 
 To create binaries:
 
 * `nix build` or `nix build .#haskell-language-server` - default GHC version
-* `nix build .#haskell-language-server-8107` - GHC 8.10.7
-* `nix build .#haskell-language-server-884` - GHC 8.8.4
-* `nix build .#haskell-language-server-901` - GHC 9.0.1
+* `nix build .#haskell-language-server-901` - GHC 9.0.1 (substitute GHC version as appropriate)
 
 ## Testing
 

docs/contributing/contributing.md

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ And here is the gist of the algorithm:
 
 ## Setup
 
-To get started, let’s fetch the HLS repo and build it. You need at least GHC 8.8 for this:
+To get started, let’s fetch the HLS repo and build it. You need at least GHC 8.10 for this:
 
 ```
 git clone --recursive http://github.com/haskell/haskell-language-server hls

docs/contributing/plugin-tutorial.md

@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ Homebrew users can install `haskell-language-server` using the following command
 brew install haskell-language-server
 ```
 
-This formula contains HLS binaries compiled with GHC versions available via Homebrew; at the moment those are: 8.8.4, 8.10.7.
+This formula contains HLS binaries compiled with GHC versions available via Homebrew; at the moment those are: 8.10.7.
 
 You need to provide your own GHC/Cabal/Stack as required by your project, possibly via Homebrew.