10 Dec
2013
10 Dec
'13
4:05 a.m.
2013/12/10 harry
I just had a build break because a module I was importing exposed a new function that clashed with an existing function from a different module. Should potential build-breakers be a minor bump?
In this case, yes: http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Package_versioning_policy#Version_numbers I think the rational is: If you carefully and explictly import only the things you need, the new version won't break your build. Importing whole modules can of course break your build when new entities have been added to the imported module, but this could be avoided by being less lazy and more explicit. ;-) Changing e.g. a signature or removing stuff OTOH will break some builds in ways which can't be anticipated.