2012/3/2 Magnus Therning
The [ghc74] repo is really only temporary repo I've used to compile up stuff with ghc 7.4, it has existed since before ghc made it into [testing]. I've just the other day removed the ghc package in [ghc] and recompiled everything with the package from [testing]. As soon as I find the time I'll start basing it on the other haskell packages found in [testing]/[community-testing] (by that time it could be seen as [haskell-testing] I suppose :-). Hopefully that clarifies the situation a bit.
Unfortunately I am really in need for a stable Arch with stable Haskell environment for the next four weeks (bad timing), so all this fuss with the migration and haskell packages being removed from [extra] makes me nervous. :)
I actually consider the activity in [extra] is a bug, but that's just me. Any dependencies on ghc 7.4. found in [extra]/[community] are definitely bugs.
This is slightly bad timing for your needs it seems. One solution might be to pin the haskell related packages you use for the next 4 weeks (and use ARM if you forget to install something from [extra]/[community]).
Thanks for the tip.I should keep on the safe side and stay conservative for now. Best wishes! --- ghc-7.4 is something I'm sure we all look forward to. /Johan