Merge branch 'stable'

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -285,21 +285,22 @@ compatibility with a range of versions of GHC that a library package (such as
 Stack aims to depend on well-known packages. The specific versions on which it
 depends at any time are specified by `package.yaml` and `stack.yaml`. It does
 not aim to be compatible with more than one version of the `Cabal` package at
-any time. At the time of writing (August 2023) the package versions are
-primarily ones in Stackage snapshot LTS Haskell 21.8 (for GHC 9.4.5), together
-with extra-deps to depend on the latest versions of `ansi-terminal`, `crypton`
-(instead of `cryptonite`), `hpack`, `pantry` and `tar-conduit`.
+any time. At the time of writing (February 2024) the package versions are
+primarily ones in Stackage snapshot LTS Haskell 22.7 (for GHC 9.6.4), together
+with extra-deps to depend on the latest version of `process`.
 
 A Stack executable makes use of Cabal (the library) through a small 'Setup'
 executable that it compiles from Haskell source code. The executable compiles
 that code with a dependency on the version of Cabal that ships with the
-specified GHC compiler. Each release of Stack will aim to support all versions
-of GHC and the Cabal package in Stackage snapshots published within seven years
-of the release. For example, snapshot LTS Haskell 8.0, published on
-12 February 2017, was the first LTS Haskell snapshot to provide GHC 8.0.2 which
-comes with `base-4.9.1.0` and `Cabal-1.24.2.0`. Until, at least,
-13 February 2024, Stack releases would aim to support the immediate
-predecessor, GHC 8.0.1 and `base-4.9.0.0`, `Cabal-1.24.0.0` and Haddock 2.17.2.
+specified GHC compiler. Each release of Stack will normally aim to support all
+versions of GHC and the Cabal package in Stackage snapshots published within
+seven years of the release. For example, snapshot LTS Haskell 10.0, published on
+19 December 2017, was the first LTS Haskell snapshot to provide GHC 8.2.2 which
+comes with `base-4.10.1.0` and `Cabal-2.0.1.1`. Normally, until, at least,
+19 December 2024, Stack releases would aim to support the immediate
+predecessor, GHC 8.0.2 and `base-4.9.1.0`, `Cabal-1.24.2.0` and Haddock 2.17.4.
+However, the next version of Stack will drop support for versions of Cabal
+before 2.2. `Cabal-2.2.0.0` was released with GHC 8.4.1 on 8 March 2018.
 
 When a version of the Stack executable actually ceases to support a version of
 GHC and `Cabal`, that should be recorded in Stack's