[FYI] ghc now in Fedora Extras
I'm very excited to announce that ghc has finally been included in Fedora Extras. :-) The current package is ghc-6.4-1%{dist} which is less than what is currently in Fedora Haskell (ghc-6.4-7). (There is no real difference between the two packages currently so there is no need to "upgrade" to the Extras package yet, though the next build will probably be greater than 6.4-7.) Since ghc is rather heavy to build/download/mirror though, I will probably still do initial builds for Fedora Haskell and push stable changes gradually to Fedora Extras. For more information on using Fedora Extras see http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Extras/UsingExtras. Next I'm planning to contribute haddock (needed to build ghc's documentation of course) and darcs to Extras. :) Other contributors are of course most welcome. If you have any questions or concerns about this, free to ask. Jens
Any reports on how this has worked when used with to augment an existing FC3 installation? I realize that this is exactly the purpose, I'm only asking whether we have an field reports that will make my system administrators feel that it is less risky? I know, there really isn't any risk, but we aren't necessarily talking about rational people here. :) Thanks, Seth Kurtzberg Manuel M T Chakravarty wrote:
Jens Petersen:
I'm very excited to announce that ghc has finally been included in Fedora Extras. :-)
Yay!!
Next I'm planning to contribute haddock (needed to build ghc's documentation of course) and darcs to Extras. :)
Splendid - thanks for all your work!
Manuel
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Seth Kurtzberg wrote:
Any reports on how this has worked when used with to augment an existing FC3 installation? I realize that this is exactly the purpose, I'm only asking whether we have any field reports that will make my system administrators feel that it is less risky?
Well Fedora Extras focuses on high quality packaging -- there is quite strict reviewing of new packages -- so packages there should be safe as far as upgradability and not interfering with installations goes. Fwiw I would say the standard of packaging in Extras is at least as high as in Core.
I know, there really isn't any risk, but we aren't necessarily talking about rational people here. :)
:-) Jens
Seth Kurtzberg:
Any reports on how this has worked when used with to augment an existing FC3 installation? I realize that this is exactly the purpose, I'm only asking whether we have an field reports that will make my system administrators feel that it is less risky?
Works perfectly for me. Manuel
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