#10622: Rename Backpack packages to units -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: ezyang | Owner: ezyang Type: task | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 7.11 Resolution: | Keywords: backpack Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: Type of failure: None/Unknown | Unknown/Multiple Blocked By: | Test Case: Related Tickets: | Blocking: | Differential Revisions: Phab:D1057 -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by ezyang): Here is a counter-proposal, organized around avoiding changing the package database format: Cabal already has limited support for multiple "packages" in a distribution unit, namely with its support for testing libraries. These libraries are never installed for other users to use, but internally, they can be installed and used like extra libraries. In this model, the database has a separate entry for each unit. The downside is that the package database will no longer be organized by distribution units. But this was already the case: if I install a package multiple times with different dependencies, it will occur multiple times in the database. The big upside is that the changes we have to make are now much smaller. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/10622#comment:5 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler