Don Stewart <[email protected]> writes: >> I'm not sure how haskell-platforms strict version dependancies will >> fit in with the way things are packaged on Debian. The cabal file >> does not leave much latitude: >> >> http://hackage.haskell.org/platform/2009.2.0.1/haskell-platform.cabal >> > > Ideally though, Debian will in time end up providing the precise > dependencies (which will last for 6 month periods). In the short term, > just getting the packages in is a good start.
Ideally for whom? Consider the following hypothetical situation: - Debian Testing provides zlib 0.5.0.0. - Haskell Platform 2009.2.0.1 requires zlib 0.5.0.0. Presumably the next Haskell Platform release will not appear until 2009-08. - In 2009-06, upstream releases zlib 0.5.0.1 to fix a security hole. If Debian installs the security update, haskell-platform will not be usable on sid -- at least until the Haskell Platform has a point release (i.e. Haskell Platform 2009.2.0.2) and that release enters Debian. Similarly, is Debian Stable expected to have an installable version of (and old version of) haskell-platform? If so, near to release time it will be necessary to prevent ANY package updates migrating from unstable to testing if they will break the current haskell-platform. The whole design of haskell-platform seems at odds with Debian's release management workflow to me, and I don't envy whoever ends up trying to keep it working. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
