[arch-haskell] Re: [extra] haskell-parallel

Peter Simons simons at cryp.to
Fri Nov 12 11:19:11 EST 2010


Hi Magnus,

 >> Once package FOO is installed, and linked to local versions of its
 >> dependencies, there is not much we can do to prevent that an update
 >> to FOO's dependencies breaks the *local* system if it's upgraded.
 >
 > Why can't we bump $pkgrel of those packages that depend on FOO?

Um, sorry, I was confused for a moment. I meant to say, of course, why
can't we bump the $pkgrel of FOO whenever one of its dependencies is
updated? Wouldn't that remedy this problem?

Take care,
Peter



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