On May 25, 2011 12:50 PM, <quick@sparq.org> wrote:
> Quoting Antoine Latter <aslatter@gmail.com>:
>
>> On May 25, 2011 11:08 AM, "KQ" <quick@sparq.org> wrote:
>> >
>> > The HackageDB could the provide this information in the description page
>> of a package, and it could even automatically cross-reference and supplement
>> the referred package descriptions, so that if you are looking at the Parsec2
>> page it will also show a section "This package has a Redesign: parsec3.
>> The redesign states: ...[Information]......". This type of information
>> can help people know what the alternatives are for various packages and a
>> general understanding of the reason for the proliferation of packages
>> (without having to search haskell-cafe and stack-overflow archives for some
>> discussion that provided the justification/recommendations).
>> >
>> > Thoughts?
>> >
>>
>> The only thing I'd add would be the additional actions "ReplacedBy",
>> "ExtendedBy" and "RedesignedBy".
>>
>> Antoine
>
> I was actually thinking that this was the part that HackageDB could do
> automatically on the page that the actionBy applied to. There should be enough
> information in the DB (somewhat like Roel's reverse dependencies work) and the
> alternative would be having to re-release a package (that you don't necessarily
> own) to add the actionBy field.
>
> -KQ
>
>
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