Hi
* core libs are installed as a aprt of ghc installation process. these includes libs that are either ghc-version dependent (base/stm/th) or required in process of installation of other libs (cabal, filepath, filesystem?)
Yep, that seems a more sensible definition of core. All core libraries MUST be available to all Haskell implementations. If/when that direction is taken, things can be split out, but for the moment this is a future thing.
For FilePath there is also the specific issue that its actually required by base (see System.Directory.Internal),
and you want to replace this module with your own, raising incompatibility problem again?
I don't want to replace it now, but this might be something for the future, if the code is examined in detail, and seems to the same thing.
backward-incompatible changes. anyone requiring just the old functionality then can install FilePath 2.10 and be happy, irrespective of Base version he uses
I don't want to evolve or enhance FilePath, I want it to reach a stage where it provides a useful set of operations, and freeze it. I also don't want to pick up the responsibility for maintaining the File related chunks of base :) Thanks Neil