On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 10:11 PM, John Goerzen
Don Stewart wrote:
Oh, the Platform has very strict standards about APIs,
When a package may be added: http://trac.haskell.org/haskell-platform/wiki/AddingPackages
That looks like a very solid document. Does it also apply when considering upgrading a package already in the platform to a newer version?
Also, I notice that http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Package_versioning_policy does not mention adding new instances, which caused a problem in the past. I would argue that this ought to mandate at least a new A.B.C version, if not a new A.B.
Adding or removing instances requires a new major version. See section 2:
| If any entity was removed, or the types of any entities or the definitions of
| datatypes or classes were changed, or instances were added or removed,
| then the new A.B must be greater than the previous A.B.
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Dave Menendez