package mounting

[Malcolm Wallace]

Frederik Eaton <frederik at a5.repetae.net> wrote:

> http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/PackageMounting

I too have been unconvinced that we need to change the syntax of module
imports, to incorporate package identifiers and versions.

You make a good case for an alternative mechanism, that keeps all the
package information out of the source code, and therefore increases the
chances of re-use without modifying the code.  The use of the .cabal
file to record package-mounting information seems to tie it all together
well, in a way that previous mounting proposals have not achieved.

Regards,
    Malcolm