[arch-haskell] RFQ: Proposal for new versioning of packages

[Magnus Therning]

I've slowly been working away on some way to deal with the addition of
x-revisions in Cabal files.  My plan at the moment is to include it in
the `pkgrel` in this way

  haskell-zlib-0.5.4.2-76-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz

becomes

  haskell-zlib-0.5.4.2-0.76-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz

given that the x-revision is 0.

This of course has the slight drawback that everyone will have to
re-install all packages :(

I'd love to hear if anyone has a better suggestion, in particular if
it means not having to re-install.  (I think I've found a way that
won't require a re-build.)

/M

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