Re: [Haskell-cafe] Hackage policy question

Duncan Coutts writes:

So we should think about how to make it less confusing. Perhaps like distributors use an extra revision number we should do the same. I had hoped that would not be necessary but that's probably not realistic.

If we go this route, it'd be nice to have a distinguishable syntax, like Gentoo's .rN, so that we don't have to remember whether it's digit four or five that signifies "administrative" changes. -k -- If I haven't seen further, it is by standing in the footprints of giants