Re: [arch-haskell] Arch Haskell Policy Proposal

On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:50:37 -0800

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"Don" == Don Stewart wrote:

Don> 2. Should Arch provide the binary Haskell Platform set in Don> [extra] and [community] (+ any other popular executables), and the Don> newest version of everything else that forms a coherent install Don> plan, in AUR. I believe it's reasonable to support HP for those who wants more stable and supported development platform with easy install via binary pacakges. So, +1 here for it. Don> * Arch Linux supports precisely the Haskell Platform spec, in Don> its binary repos. +1 Don> * AUR supports the latest version of a maximal install plan from Don> Hackage, separately. +1 Don> The consequence of this policy will be that no binary packages are Don> upgraded until the HP is updated. This should make vegai's work Don> easier. +1 Don> ** It would also mean downgrading ghc 6.12 back to 6.10.4 ** Does it mean we need 'ghc-dev' or something in AUR? Don> [1]: A 'coherent install plan' is the largest set of hackage Don> packages that build together, depending only on one unique version Don> for each library. (That is no QC1 + QC2. Pick one!) Huh, latest haskell-testpack says: QuickCheck (>=1.0 && <2.0) and it is dep for haskell-hdbc-2.2.2 (updated yesterday) on AUR which has only QC-2.1.0.2. How is this supposed to work? Sincerely, Gour -- Gour | Hlapicina, Croatia | GPG key: F96FF5F6 ----------------------------------------------------------------