Re: [Haskell-cafe] Re: Sifflet dependencies

On 18 August 2010 05:04, Anthony Cowley wrote:

On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 2:54 PM, Andrew Coppin wrote:

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While we're on the subject... Suppose I have a package, which I know works with foo-8.7.2. What should the Cabal dependents field say? We have a choice of

 foo == 8.7.2  foo >= 8.7.2  foo >= 8.7  foo >= 8.7 && < 8.8  foo == 8.7.*

I'd like to add another option since it's the one I use,

foo >= 8.7.2 && < 8.8

If the package in question uses features added in version 8.7.2 of foo (and foo follows the PVP), then this is the correct syntax to use. If, however, it will also build with 8.7, then ">= 8.7 && < 8.8" (or just "== 8.7.*") should be used. -- Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Ivan.Miljenovic@gmail.com IvanMiljenovic.wordpress.com