Somebody signing messages as Joachim Breitner wrote:
Given the current sensitivity of the ABI hashes we really do not want to have Programs written in Haskell have a runtime dependency on all the included Haskell libraries. So I believe we should still link Haskell programs statically in Debian.
This is also a concern I have.
Hence, Debian will continue to provide its libraries built the static way.
Right.
Building them also in the dynamic way for the sake of GHCi users seems possible.
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