Am Donnerstag 26 November 2009 19:44:11 schrieb Joachim Breitner:
Hi,
Am Donnerstag, den 19.11.2009, 03:29 +0100 schrieb Daniel Fischer:
Perhaps the very best method is to contact the author/maintainer of packageY and say you need the instance.
but this might not be desirable when the data type and the class definition are in separate packages, and the author of the package with the data type is not willing to add additional dependencies to his package (which is a valid goal).
Or how would you proceed if you need a Binary instance (from package binary) for UTCTime (from package date), as I do in arbtt?
Greetings and thanks, Joachim
To: author/maintainer Re: instance Foo Bar Dear a/m, I need instance Foo Bar for my project. If you consider such an instance of general use, it would be nice if you'd upload a new version of your package with that instance to hackage soon. Otherwise, I'll declare an instance in my own package. Please let me know your decision, Regards, me Case 1: I think it would be a good idea to have the instance in my package, I'll upload the new version tomorrow. Regards, a/m Problem solved, no orphan instance, great :) Case 2: For this and that reason, I don't want to include that instance in my package. Sorry to force an orphan instance upon you. Regards, a/m Unfortunately you'll have to declare an orphan instance, but at least you know that it's unlikely to break anything soon. Case 3: No answer within x days :( Declare an orphan instance and hope for the best. Better than declaring an orphan instance without asking the very day the author of package x realises that such an instance would be quite useful and adds it, isn't it? Cheers, Daniel