[Hackage] #199: when installing a new version of GHC, there should be a way to upgrade my packages

[Hackage]

#199: when installing a new version of GHC, there should be a way to upgrade my
packages
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  Reporter:  guest               |        Owner:                 
      Type:  enhancement         |       Status:  new            
  Priority:  normal              |    Milestone:  Cabal-1.8      
 Component:  cabal-install tool  |      Version:  1.2.3.0        
  Severity:  normal              |   Resolution:                 
  Keywords:                      |   Difficulty:  easy (<4 hours)
Ghcversion:  6.8.2               |     Platform:  Linux          
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Comment (by thaldyron):

 Replying to [comment:3 duncan]:
 > We should record a "world" file of stuff the user explicitly requested.
 This is then the target for upgrades and re-installs when the user changes
 compiler.

 I suppose this ticket hasn't been resolved yet. I would be interested in
 writing a patch for it, but would need to know whether my approach
 described in
 http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/cabal-devel/2009-February/004800.html
 is the right way to go.

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