time library dependencies

[Ashley Yakeley]

If you care at all about Haskell 98 compatibility, now would be a really
good time to speak up. Remember, silence implies consent.

-- Ashley

Ashley Yakeley wrote:
> I'm looking to update the time library in response to various
requests. 
> Right now it has some weird split-base 2/3 dependency thing going on, 
> and uses only FFI and CPP language extensions.
> 
> Will it cause anyone any problems if
> 
> * it depends >=base-4.1?
> * it requires GeneralizedNewtypeDeriving and DeriveDataTypeable to
build?
> 
> The Haskell language is kind of a moving target right now.
>