[Hackage] #222: Hackage should be able to track which version of package is compatible with which version of GHC

29 Jan 2008

      #222: Hackage should be able to track which version of package is compatible with
which version of GHC
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  Reporter:  guest              |        Owner:         
      Type:  defect             |       Status:  new    
  Priority:  normal             |    Milestone:         
 Component:  HackageDB website  |      Version:  1.2.3.0
  Severity:  normal             |     Keywords:         
Difficulty:  normal             |   Ghcversion:  6.8.2  
  Platform:  Linux              |  
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 This is related to ticket #221 and #199. Cabal-install at this time always
 fetches the highest version of a package. But the highest version may not
 be compatible with the version of GHC.

 The example is the HXT package.

 http://www.fh-wedel.de/~si/HXmlToolbox/

 As of this writing, version 7.4 is for GHC 6.8. But for those who have GHC
 6.6, version 7.3 should be fetched. If there is a flag in Hackage to
 indicate this compatibility matrix, then cabal-install can make correct
 decision which version to fetch based on the GHC version the user has.

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Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/222
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