[Haskell-cafe] question about uploads of code contribution

[Galchin, Vasili]

ahhh ... makes perfect sense vis-a-vis the read/write problem Jeremy.
Hopefully using an incremented version number is enforced via the hackage
database!! ;^)

Vasili

On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 12:55 AM, Jeremy Shaw <jeremy at n-heptane.com> wrote:

> At Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:29:40 -0500,
> Galchin, Vasili wrote:
>
> >      2) does the hackage database have a "reader/writer" lock to protect
> > readers, i.e. people downloading when I am uploading?
>
>  1. new versions must have a different version number
>  2. the version number is in the tarball name
>
>  therefore:
>
>  3. uploading a new version is a non-destructive operation and will
>  not affect anyone downloading older versions.
>
> At least, that is my understanding.
>
> j.
>
>
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