text, warp and blaze-builder

[Reid Barton]

Just to keep the discussion on point, in this case bos is exposing
additional modules, rather than exporting additional functions from
existing modules, right? The danger is that a user of text is currently
also using another package's, say, Data.Text.Util module.

Users can also defend themselves against this kind of change, by using
package-qualified imports, though I don't think I've ever seen anyone do so
preemptively (only in cases where there is a real existing conflict, like
between mtl and monads-tf).

Regards,
Reid


On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 11:16 AM, Edward Kmett <ekmett at gmail.com> wrote:

> The idea is that exposing a new function can be defended against by the
> user by using qualified imports. If you don't use qualified imports then
> minor version changes CAN break your code, even bough they rarely will.
>
> If a something new is exposed in a module users were already importing
> like that it should be a minor bump so that users can defend themselves if
> they are sufficiently paranoid.
>
> -Edward
>
> > On Dec 10, 2013, at 3:20 AM, harry <voldermort at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Erik Hesselink wrote
> >> Why make this a major bump? If it only exposes new things, it should
> >> only have to be a minor bump, right?
> >
> > I just had a build break because a module I was importing exposed a new
> > function that clashed with an existing function from a different module.
> > Should potential build-breakers be a minor bump?
> >
> >
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