Drop support for GHC 7.6

.travis.yml

@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ sudo: false
 
 matrix:
   include:
-    - env: CABALVER=1.16 GHCVER=7.6.3
-      addons: {apt: {packages: [cabal-install-1.16,ghc-7.6.3], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
     - env: CABALVER=1.18 GHCVER=7.8.4
       addons: {apt: {packages: [cabal-install-1.18,ghc-7.8.4], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
     - env: CABALVER=1.22 GHCVER=7.10.3
@@ -16,7 +14,6 @@ matrix:
       addons: {apt: {packages: [cabal-install-head,ghc-head],  sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
 
   allow_failures:
-    - env: CABALVER=1.16 GHCVER=7.6.3
     - env: CABALVER=head GHCVER=head
 
 before_install:
@@ -30,7 +27,6 @@ install:
 
 script:
  - case "$CABALVER" in
-    "1.16") cabal configure --enable-tests -v2 -f dev ;;
     "1.18") cabal configure --enable-tests --enable-library-coverage -v2 -f dev ;;
     *)      cabal configure --enable-tests --enable-coverage -v2 -f dev ;;
    esac

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 
 * Derived `Eq` for `SlugException`.
 
+* Drop support for GHC 7.6.
+
 ## Slug 0.1.5
 
 * Allow Aeson 1.0.

slug.cabal

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ flag dev
 library
   build-depends:      QuickCheck   >= 2.4   && < 3.0
                     , aeson        >= 0.8   && < 1.2
-                    , base         >= 4.6   && < 5.0
+                    , base         >= 4.7   && < 5.0
                     , exceptions   >= 0.6   && < 0.9
                     , path-pieces  >= 0.1.5 && < 0.3
                     , persistent   >= 2.0   && < 3.0
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ test-suite tests
     ghc-options:      -O2 -Wall
   default-extensions: OverloadedStrings
   build-depends:      QuickCheck   >= 2.4   && < 3.0
-                    , base         >= 4.6   && < 5.0
+                    , base         >= 4.7   && < 5.0
                     , exceptions   >= 0.6   && < 0.9
                     , hspec        >= 2.0   && < 3.0
                     , path-pieces  >= 0.1.5 && < 0.3