On 8 November 2011 23:25, Duncan Coutts
Then whether the dependencies should then use an installed package id or a package abi is an interesting question. I think the right thing is to use installed package ids. Just because it would be possible to update a dependency to use the latest-ABI compatible version doesn't mean that it should be immediate and automatic. Indeed it would prevent us from having a persistent package database, as adding new packages would change the meaning of existing packages. Switching to a later ABI-compatible version of a dependency should be a deliberate act. Hence we should use installed package ids for dependencies.
Are you referring to Cabal or cabal-install for this? (I'm assuming the latter) -- Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Ivan.Miljenovic@gmail.com IvanMiljenovic.wordpress.com