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7 changes: 1 addition & 6 deletions Cabal/doc/developing-packages.rst
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package-version = 1*DIGIT *("." 1*DIGIT)

.. pkg-field:: cabal-version: >= x.y
.. pkg-field:: cabal-version: x.y

The version of the Cabal specification that this package description
uses. The Cabal specification does slowly evolve, introducing new
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programs which process the package description to know what syntax
to expect and what each part means.

For historical reasons this is always expressed using *>=* version
range syntax. No other kinds of version range make sense, in
particular upper bounds do not make sense. In future this field will
specify just a version number, rather than a version range.

The version number you specify will affect both compatibility and
behaviour. Most tools (including the Cabal library and cabal
program) understand a range of versions of the Cabal specification.
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