"Ravi Nanavati"
Well... I built some (not all) of the 6.8.2-related packages in Haskell Unsafe on etch.
Hmm. I couldn't find 6.8 stuff on Haskell Unsafe at all. Where is it? Don't you mean Sid instead? Ian uploaded 6.8.2 the day before yesterday... Maybe when he's finished with this work, a rebuild on Etch won't be too difficult.
It's a little tricky because you need to get some build dependencies from unstable and some from Haskell Unsafe (as source and then build them on etch), but it is possible to work that out. I could reconstruct the details, if you're interested (or just put the .debs somewhere they can be downloaded).
I think it's better to wait a little bit for the dust to settle, maybe Ian will also provide some info on this subject. But thanks for the offer, I'll ask you for the packages if that will seem like the best route.
I should also add that you need to be careful about uninstalling ghc libraries before changing ghc versions. Otherwise the wrong ghc-pkg is used and the uninstallation (or upgrade when you are installing new packages) fails. I wonder if libghc6 libraries shouldn't depend on the particular version of ghc they were compiled with (so they automatically go if you change ghc versions).
Thanks for the warning, I'll take care. -- Regards, Feri.