Hi,
* the URI stuff can and should be moved out of network, but to be done properly it would need to get a deprecation warning for at least one platform cycle. There's been a lot of this breakage-without-warning in the core libraries lately -- directory-1.2 freshest in my mind -- which IMO we should stop and try not to tolerate in the future.
How about this plan? Right now: - Register the "network-uri" package which includes Network.URI to Hackage. - Put the DEPRECATED pragma to Network.URI of "network", suggesting usage of "network-uri". And upload "network" to Hackage. - Ask the authors of "HTTP" and "cgi" to use network-uri - Ask the HP maintainers to include new "network", "network-uri", "HTTP" and "cgi". After the next HP is released: - Remove Network.URI from "network" and upload to Hackage. - Ask the HP maintainers to include new "network" Anytime: - Add fast URI modules such as Network.URI to "network-uri" if necessary. --Kazu