[Hackage] #222: Hackage should be able to track which version of package is compatible with which version of GHC

[Hackage]

#222: Hackage should be able to track which version of package is compatible with
which version of GHC
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  Reporter:  guest              |        Owner:                 
      Type:  enhancement        |       Status:  new            
  Priority:  normal             |    Milestone:                 
 Component:  HackageDB website  |      Version:  1.2.3.0        
  Severity:  normal             |   Resolution:                 
  Keywords:                     |   Difficulty:  project(> week)
Ghcversion:  6.8.2              |     Platform:                 
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Changes (by duncan):

  * difficulty:  normal => project(> week)
  * type:  defect => enhancement
  * platform:  Linux =>

Comment:

 The problem of course is that hackage and cabal-install do not know which
 packages work in what environments.

 See #184 for a mechanism for hackage to gather information about which
 packages work in which environments.

 In the specific case of HXT, there is no need for it to work with just one
 version of GHC at once since the modifications to make it work with both
 are trivial. Gentoo has patches to make htx 7.3 work with both ghc-6.6 and
 6.8. See http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Upgrading_packages

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