Purge GHC 8.8

We're also dropping support for this.

Author: michaelpj

.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.
 

docs/installation.md

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Support status (see the support policy below for more details):
 | 8.10.5       | [1.5.1](https://github.com/haskell/haskell-language-server/releases/tag/1.5.1)     | deprecated                                                                  |
 | 8.10.(4,3,2) | [1.4.0](https://github.com/haskell/haskell-language-server/releases/tag/1.4.0)     | deprecated                                                                  |
 | 8.10.1       | [0.9.0](https://github.com/haskell/haskell-language-server/releases/tag/0.9.0)     | deprecated                                                                  |
-| 8.8.4        | [latest](https://github.com/haskell/haskell-language-server/releases/latest)       | full support, will be deprecated after LTS and HLS full support for ghc-9.2 |
+| 8.8.4        | [1.8.0](https://github.com/haskell/haskell-language-server/releases/1.8.0)         | deprecated                                                                  |
 | 8.8.3        | [1.5.1](https://github.com/haskell/haskell-language-server/releases/1.5.1)         | deprecated                                                                  |
 | 8.8.2        | [1.2.0](https://github.com/haskell/haskell-language-server/releases/tag/1.2.0)     | deprecated                                                                  |
 | 8.6.5        | [1.8.0.0](https://github.com/haskell/haskell-language-server/releases/tag/1.8.0.0) | deprecated                                                                  |