[xmonad] Fwd: Re: xmonad packages broken in Debian

Mon Jul 4 13:36:33 UTC 2022

-- Yeah, yet they update nonetheless, so you will have a working xmonad, 
even it's not 'bleeding edge' (but IMHO it's close enough to that).

If you want a kind of 'nightly build' or the very latest features at any 
cost, then better go make a local install yourself via cabal or stack or 
whatever (see the wikis), and have some extra fun with additional 
configuration of the compiler and the installer. ;-)

I personally don't bother about that anymore and just want a stable 
xmonad along with my system packages and additional haskell apps like 
pandoc etc., and I am fine with that. I don't mind if it's 0.15, 0.16, 
or 0.17 for my everyday usage, as long as it's stable and save updating. 
Haskell stuff versions change very often, you know, and xmonad is just a 
small part of it, right? Maintaining these for Linux repos must be hell 
(e.g. the fork Arch32 gave up on that)!

I just don't need to build xmonad stuff from the e.g. AUR or locally 
with cabal myself anymore – sure, these always worked for some time, but 
then broke with the next manual update, because one tiny haskell package 
didn't match because of a missing version or others deps were missing. – 
So, in other words: you'd learn to stay with your local, non-OS conform 
haskell/xmonad/... install for longer anyway; and you /will/ very soon 
get 'outdated' then. – But unless you are a haskell developer yourself, 
permanently wanting to have a newest xmonad is /not/ worth the pain!

However, it's your choice.
Besides, I doubt, there is any Linux distro at all with a priority on 
providing the latest xmonad, though it in deed is IMHO the greatest 
tiling WM in X.

Regards

Am 04.07.22 um 14:32 schrieb Yecine Megdiche:
> Hi,
>
> I wouldn't say so... You can check the official xmonad package for 
> arch, it's still on 0.15. 
> https://archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/xmonad/
>
> Cheers
>
> On Mon, 4 Jul 2022, 14:26 Michael Topp, <info at mito-space.com 
> <mailto:info at mito-space.com>> wrote:
>
>     -------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht --------
>     Betreff: 	Re: [xmonad] xmonad packages broken in Debian
>     Datum: 	Mon, 4 Jul 2022 12:33:38 +0200
>     Von: 	Michael Topp <info at mito-space.com> <mailto:info at mito-space.com>
>     An: 	Eyal Erez <oneself at gmail.com> <mailto:oneself at gmail.com>
>
>
>
>     Hi,
>
>     if you're asking what distro maintains xmonad packages (the best),
>     I count on Arch.
>
>     They update all official 'xmonad' packages frequently, because
>     their haskell packages themselves also are updated quite often
>     (could be once, twice a week). – Alternatively you can make your
>     own local xmonad build, independent from the distro. And sure, you
>     also have to decide which compiler to use. I highly recommend
>     consulting the wikis from both Arch Linux and Xmonad.
>
>     HTH
>
>
>     Am 03.07.22 um 05:07 schrieb Eyal Erez:
>>     Does anyone know why the xmonad packages seem to be broken in Debian?
>>
>>     https://release.debian.org/transitions/html/haskell.html
>>
>>     When I try to install libghc-xmonad-dev
>>     and/or libghc-xmonad-contrib-dev, I get an error:
>>
>>     The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>>      libghc-xmonad-dev : Depends: libghc-x11-dev-1.9.1-11a5c
>>                          Depends: libghc-base-dev-4.13.0.0-2f220 but
>>     it is not installable
>>                          Depends: libghc-containers-dev-0.6.2.1-ab1cf
>>     but it is not installable
>>                          Depends: libghc-data-default-dev-0.7.1.1-958e3
>>                          Depends: libghc-directory-dev-1.3.6.0-49fdf
>>     but it is not installable
>>                          Depends:
>>     libghc-extensible-exceptions-dev-0.1.1.4-10872 but it is not
>>     installable
>>                          Depends: libghc-filepath-dev-1.4.2.1-103b6
>>     but it is not installable
>>                          Depends: libghc-mtl-dev-2.2.2-7208c but it
>>     is not installable
>>                          Depends: libghc-process-dev-1.6.9.0-88a89
>>     but it is not installable
>>                          Depends: libghc-setlocale-dev-1.0.0.9-a89d6
>>     but it is not installable
>>                          Depends: libghc-unix-dev-2.7.2.2-bb33f but
>>     it is not installable
>>                          Depends:
>>     libghc-utf8-string-dev-1.0.1.1-866d7 but it is not installable
>>                          Recommends: libghc-xmonad-contrib-dev but it
>>     is not going to be installed
>>
>>     When I tried to enquire in the distros forums (which is a Debian
>>     variant) they indicated that the problem is upstream. Does anyone
>>     know what the issue is? Which distro to folks use with xmonad?
>>     Where is it best supported?
>>
>>
>>
>>     -- 
>>     *Eyal Erez <**oneself at gmail.com* <mailto:oneself at gmail.com>*>*
>>
>>     There are 10 types of people, those who know binary and those who
>>     don't.
>>
>>
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