package libghc-pandoc-dev
tag 1053777 + fixed-upstream
thanks

Hi Jonas!

At 2024-01-31T08:43:18+0100, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> Quoting G. Branden Robinson (2024-01-31 05:49:00)
> > Well, the version of pandoc that resolved the issue was 3.1.7,
> > released in August 2023.[1]  But the version in Debian unstable is
> > still 3.1.3, and the package is team-maintained.[2]
> 
> This particular bug is tracked in Debian as well:
> https://bugs.debian.org/1053777

Ah!  Thanks for pointing that out.  I might as well tell the BTS that
it's fixed upstream.

> > Unless it's release-critical to have these Lintian warnings, I would
> > disregard them in hope that the pandoc package in unstable will
> > catch up at some point soon.
> 
> Unfortunately it is not likely that the package will be catch up soon,
> because the Haskell team upgrade most Haskell libraries only as a
> whole.
> 
> That issue is not tracked in debbugs, because those vocal in the
> Haskell team actively discourages the use of debbugs:
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-haskell/2024/01/msg00012.html

Ah.  That's a shame.  I have a lot of respect for the Haskell language.

Regards,
Branden

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