#222: Hackage should be able to track which version of package is compatible
with
which version of GHC
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Reporter: guest | Owner:
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: HackageDB website | Version: 1.2.3.0
Severity: normal | Resolution:
Keywords: | Difficulty: project(> week)
Ghcversion: 6.8.2 | Platform:
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Changes (by duncan):
* difficulty: normal => project(> week)
* type: defect => enhancement
* platform: Linux =>
Comment:
The problem of course is that hackage and cabal-install do not know which
packages work in what environments.
See #184 for a mechanism for hackage to gather information about which
packages work in which environments.
In the specific case of HXT, there is no need for it to work with just one
version of GHC at once since the modifications to make it work with both
are trivial. Gentoo has patches to make htx 7.3 work with both ghc-6.6 and
6.8. See http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Upgrading_packages
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