Take format specification history back to Cabal-1.0

Author: mpilgrem

doc/file-format-changelog.rst

@@ -347,4 +347,108 @@ relative to the respective preceding *published* version.
 * New :pkg-field:`license` types ``MIT`` and versioned ``GPL`` and ``LGPL``
   added.
 
+``cabal-version: ==1.6``
+------------------------
+
+* New :pkg-section:`source-repository` stanza for information about the
+  location of the package's source code within a source code repository.
+
+* Add support for new :pkg-field:`bug-reports` field, to specify the URL where
+  users should direct bug reports.
+
+* Add support for wildcards in :pkg-field:`data-files` and
+  :pkg-field:`extra-source-files` fields.
+
+* Add support for ``foo ==1.2.*`` syntax to :pkg-field:`build-depends` field.
+
+* Add support for new ``exposed`` field (default: ``True``), to be able to
+  specify that the package should not be exposed.
+
+* :pkg-field:`cpp-options`, :pkg-field:`cc-options` and :pkg-field:`ld-options`
+  fields no longer use ``,`` as a separator.
+
+``cabal-version: ==1.2.1``
+--------------------------
+
+* New format for the :pkg-section:`flag`, :pkg-section:`library` and
+  :pkg-section:`executable` stanzas.
+
+* Add support for new :pkg-field:`cpp-options` field, to specify options used
+  when pre-processing Haskell modules.
+
+* Replace ``nhc-options`` field with ``nhc98-options`` field.
+
+``cabal-version: ==1.2.0``
+--------------------------
+
+* The :pkg-field:`cabal-version` field is now required.
+
+* New :pkg-section:`flag` stanza for specifying configuration flags and add
+  support for conditional blocks in :pkg-section:`library` and
+  :pkg-section:`executable` stanzas.
+
+* Add distinct :pkg-section:`library` stanza.
+
+* New format for :pkg-section:`executable` stanzas.
+
+* Add support for new :pkg-field:`build-type` field (default: ``Custom``), to
+  specify the type of build used by this package.
+
+* Add support for new :pkg-field:`build-tools` field, to specify tools needed to
+  build the package.
+
+* Add support for new :pkg-field:`pkgconfig-depends` field, to specify
+  ``pkg-config`` packages needed to build the package.
+
+* Add support for new :pkg-field:`ghc-shared-options` field, to specify
+  additional options for GHC when the package is built as a shared library.
+
+``cabal-version: ==1.1.6``
+--------------------------
+
+* Add support for new :pkg-field:`install-includes` field, distinct from the
+  :pkg-field:`includes` field, to specify header files from the package.
+
+* Add support for new ``jhc-options`` field, to specify additional options for
+  John Meacham's Haskell compiler (JHC).
+
+``cabal-version: ==1.1.4``
+--------------------------
+
+* Add support for new optional :pkg-field:`cabal-version` field, to specify the
+  version of ``Cabal`` required for the package.
+
+* Add support for new :pkg-field:`author`, :pkg-field:`homepage`,
+  :pkg-field:`package-url`, :pkg-field:`synopsis`, :pkg-field:`description` and
+  :pkg-field:`category` fields.
+
+* Add support for new :pkg-field:`tested-with` field to specify compilers and
+  versions against which the package has been tested.
+
+* Add support for new :pkg-field:`data-files` field to specify files for use by
+  the package at run-time.
+
+* Add support for new :pkg-field:`extra-source-files` field to specify files to
+  be included in source distributions.
+
+* Add support for new :pkg-field:`extra-tmp-files` field to specify files to
+  be removed when cleaning up.
+
+* Replace :pkg-field:`hs-source-dir` field with :pkg-field:`hs-source-dirs`
+  field.
+
+* Add support for new :pkg-field:`ghc-prof-options` field, to specify
+  additional options for GHC when the package is built with profiling.
+
+* Add support for extension fields beginning with ``x-``.
+
+``Cabal-1.0``
+-------------
+
+``Cabal-1.0``, released March 2005, came with a
+`specification <https://downloads.haskell.org/~cabal/Cabal-1.0/doc/pkg-spec-html/>`__
+for 'The Haskell Cabal: A Common Architecture for Building Applications and
+Tools', including `Section 5.2 <https://downloads.haskell.org/~cabal/Cabal-1.0/doc/pkg-spec-html/x611.html#SBI-PKG-DESC>`__
+'Package description in the simple build infrastructure'.
+
 .. include:: references.inc