Update docs, workflows and makefiles to use ghc-9.8.

.github/workflows/bench.yml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ jobs:
   benchmarks:
     name: benchmarks
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container: fossa/haskell-static-alpine:ghc-9.4.8
+    container: fossa/haskell-static-alpine:ghc-9.8
 
     steps:
     - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable

.github/workflows/build-all.yml

@@ -315,8 +315,8 @@ jobs:
         echo ${GITHUB_SHA:0:12}
 
         VERSION=$(echo $(Linux-binaries/fossa --version))
-        EXPECTED="fossa-cli version ${{ steps.get-version.outputs.VERSION }} (revision ${GITHUB_SHA:0:12} compiled with ghc-9.4)"
-        echo " VERSION: $VERSION"
+        EXPECTED="fossa-cli version ${{ steps.get-version.outputs.VERSION }} (revision ${GITHUB_SHA:0:12} compiled with ghc-9.8)"
+        echo "VERSION: $VERSION"
         echo "EXPECTED: $EXPECTED"
 
         [ "$GITHUB_REF_TYPE" = "tag" ] && echo "Ref type OK"

Makefile

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ current_dir := $(dir $(abspath $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))))
 
 FMT_OPTS := -co -XTypeApplications -o -XImportQualifiedPost
 FIND_OPTS := src test integration-test -type f -name '*.hs'
-GHC_VERSION := 9.4.8
+GHC_VERSION := 9.8.2
 DEV_TOOLS := ghcr.io/fossas/haskell-dev-tools:${GHC_VERSION}
 MOUNTED_DEV_TOOLS_OPTS := --rm
 MOUNTED_DEV_TOOLS_OPTS += --mount "type=bind,source=${current_dir},target=/fossa-cli"

docs/contributing/HACKING.md

@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ On Macs you need to have installed the developer tooling using `xcode-select --i
 Use [ghcup][ghcup] to install the `cabal` cli tool and the ghc version we're using:
 
 ```sh
-$ ghcup install ghc 9.4
+$ ghcup install ghc 9.8
 <long running output, about 4 min on my machine>
-$ ghcup set ghc 9.4
+$ ghcup set ghc 9.8
 $ cabal update
 $ cabal build
 ```
@@ -29,16 +29,16 @@ In previous GHC versions (8.10), `llvm` was required
 
 Ok, the quickstart worked for you, but why, and how?
 
-> `ghcup install ghc 9.4`
+> `ghcup install ghc 9.8`
 
 When you install `ghcup`, `ghc` and `cabal-install` are installed automatically as part of the initial installation (see [Tools](#tools) for descriptions of `ghc` and `cabal-install`).
-The `ghc` version that is automatically installed may not be the correct version we use (though it may work just fine).  So we install the correct version with `ghcup install ghc 9.4`.
+The `ghc` version that is automatically installed may not be the correct version we use (though it may work just fine).  So we install the correct version with `ghcup install ghc 9.8`.
 Currently, the best place to check the correct version is our CI build files (try `.github/workflows/build.yml`).
 
-> `ghcup set ghc 9.4`
+> `ghcup set ghc 9.8`
 
-`ghcup` works by setting symlinks to the "active" version of the tool you're using.  Here, we're telling `ghcup` to set GHC 9.4 as the active GHC version.
-Now, when you run `ghc`, you'll be running GHC 9.4.
+`ghcup` works by setting symlinks to the "active" version of the tool you're using.  Here, we're telling `ghcup` to set GHC 9.8 as the active GHC version.
+Now, when you run `ghc`, you'll be running GHC 9.8.
 
 > `cabal update`
 

spectrometer.cabal

@@ -551,7 +551,6 @@ test-suite unit-tests
   type:               exitcode-stdio-1.0
   hs-source-dirs:     test
   main-is:            test.hs
-  ghc-options:        -Wwarn=x-partial
 
   -- cabal-fmt: expand test
   other-modules: