Re: Another API stability plea

On 23 August 2010 14:41, Ivan Lazar Miljenovic wrote:

On 23 August 2010 15:36, Conrad Parker wrote:

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On 23 August 2010 14:08, Ivan Lazar Miljenovic

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What do you mean by "archive management"?

I meant the management of archives (experimental, unstable etc.) by Hackage.

Oh, an indication of a package's stability and having a separate package listing for experimental packages?

I think in terms of Hackage, just having a stable/experimental division should be sufficient without an extra "unstable" middle ground: experimental indicates that you're working on something new (and hopefully cool) that you want feedback on but shouldn't actually be used for real code yet.

Yup, it's all about the expectation that users can get. Debian also started with only 2 levels (unstable, stable) and gradually added the others as the need arose. Conrad.