Package versioning confusion

[Sven Panne]

On Monday 02 April 2007 15:44, Malcolm Wallace wrote:
> Done (although with some reluctance due to the general network slowness
> of darcs.haskell.org).  In the new darcs-all, I am very keen to retain
> the ability to use package repos stored elsewhere (not at
> darcs.haskell.org).

Thanks, that was quick. We can add general URL handling later, but initially I 
don't want to open too many cans of worms at once. :-)

> >  * Finally, I am utterly confused by the fps package:
> > Using it currently must  be a nightmare for packagers/users due to
> > this versionitis... :-/
>
> Yup.  To reduce this confusion, I would very much like fps to remain
> separate from base, and that is one reason (but not the only one) why
> nhc98 does not build or export the version of Data.ByteString in base.

:-/ That's the exact opposite of Don's intention, if I interpret today's mails 
correctly. So I'd like to propose that for the time being, we keep 
the "internal" version, fix it so it works with all implementations and leave 
the rest of the fps Jihad to future generations, where everything is a 
separate package, world hunger is solved, and all taxes are abolished... :-}

Cheers,
   S.