[arch-haskell] Arch Haskell Policy Proposal

[Gour]

On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:50:37 -0800
>>>>>> "Don" == Don Stewart <dons at galois.com> wrote:

Don>  2.  Should Arch provide the binary Haskell Platform set in
Don> [extra] and [community] (+ any other popular executables), and the
Don> newest version of everything else that forms a coherent install
Don> plan, in AUR.

I believe it's reasonable to support HP for those who wants more
stable and supported development platform with easy install via binary
pacakges.

So, +1 here for it.

Don>    * Arch Linux supports precisely the Haskell Platform spec, in
Don> its binary repos.

+1

Don>    * AUR supports the latest version of a maximal install plan from
Don>      Hackage, separately.

+1

Don> The consequence of this policy will be that no binary packages are
Don> upgraded until the HP is updated. This should make vegai's work
Don> easier.

+1

Don> ** It would also mean downgrading ghc 6.12 back to 6.10.4 **

Does it mean we need 'ghc-dev' or something in AUR?

Don> [1]: A 'coherent install plan' is the largest set of hackage
Don> packages that build together, depending only on one unique version
Don> for each library. (That is no QC1 + QC2. Pick one!)

Huh, latest haskell-testpack says: QuickCheck (>=1.0 && <2.0) and it
is dep for haskell-hdbc-2.2.2 (updated yesterday) on AUR which has only
QC-2.1.0.2. How is this supposed to work?


Sincerely,
Gour

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