On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 1:39 AM, Don Stewart <[email protected]> wrote: > The platform only specifies 6.10.2 -- i.e that's what we /expect/ > distros to supply to be in compliance with the 2009.2.0 spec. >
Yeah, but since GHC 6.10.2 is likely to be skipped for debian packaging, how will we get GHC 6.10.2 in haskell platform, if not providing it as a stand-alone package ? > > -- Don > > alp: > > By the way, which GHC version will be included in the Haskell Platform > Debian > > package ? > > Some things rely on GHC 6.10.2 now. > > > > (I'm new to Haskell's debianers part, I'll try to be of help in a close > future) > > > > On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 1:16 AM, Don Stewart <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > jgoerzen: > > > Don Stewart wrote: > > > > Hey all, > > > > > > > > Can anyone update me on the status of Debian support for the > Haskell > > Platform? > > > > > > > > http://hackage.haskell.org/platform/ > > > > > > There has been talk on the mailing list about it. We'd probably > make > > > haskell-platform a metapackage that depends on all the components. > We > > > need to regress some of the components to older versions first, > though. > > > I've not been directly involved so someone else can speak better. > > > > > > Yes, that's a concern with Arch Linux too. We had to regress some > > things. We currently don't use a true meta package (i.e. we run the > > Setup.hs for the actual platform .cabal file, which does additional > > sanity checking). > > > > The need to regress things is a bit awkward: likely that'll go away > in > > 2009.2.1 (where we bump things if the API is compat.) > > > > > > Secondly, the generic unix installer has a bug report against it > on > > > > Debian only: > > > > > > > > http://trac.haskell.org/haskell-platform/ticket/32 > > > > > > > > Relating to editline not being found. > > > > > > > > Can someone elaborate/close the ticket? > > > > > > I think somebody just tried to build it without installing > editline. I > > > made a note on the ticket. > > > > > > > Yep, I've closed that. Thanks! > > > > -- Don > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Alp Mestan > > In charge of the C++ section on Developpez.com. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [email protected] > > -- Alp Mestan
