[GHC] #9508: Rename package key

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Sat Aug 23 14:57:19 UTC 2014


#9508: Rename package key
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              Reporter:  ezyang      |            Owner:  ezyang
                  Type:  task        |           Status:  new
              Priority:  normal      |        Milestone:
             Component:  Compiler    |          Version:  7.9
            Resolution:              |         Keywords:  backpack
      Operating System:              |     Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
  Unknown/Multiple                   |       Difficulty:  Unknown
       Type of failure:              |       Blocked By:
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Comment (by ezyang):

 Simon Marlow quite dislikes it, because it implies that it is the "primary
 key" to the package database, but it actually isn't: the primary key of
 the package database is the installed package ID.

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