Re: checking upper bounds on base

On Tue, Jun 02, 2009 at 10:26:34AM +0100, Duncan Coutts wrote:

I'd like to get Hackage using the new check for base being bounded above. I think it'll make a big difference when it comes to future ghc/base upgrades. The last one was papered over by cabal-install defaulting to base 3 when the package author did not specify otherwise. That will not work forever. [...] For the practical issues:

I'll can send announcement to the haskell (+cafe) mailing list explaining what people have to do and the rationale.

It's ready to go. Would you like to send your announcement first?