Re: Dependencies/backwards compatibility in Hackage

"Sven Moritz Hallberg" writes:

Ross Paterson , 2007-02-01 12.14 +0000:

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We could decide on a standard interpretation of version numbers, e.g. major.minor.patch. To support this, we'd want wildcards like 1.13.* in version ranges.

Sounds compelling, but will everyone want/agree to follow that scheme?

I think we should just declare such a standard. Very few people care about version numbers outside of ghc-pkg, hackage, and cabal. If we pick something that works for us, I suspect that the majority of people will just go along, as long as it's reasonable. Does anyone want to declare such a standard? :) peace, isaac