Joachim Breitner <[email protected]> writes: > Am Sonntag, den 16.08.2009, 19:36 +0100 schrieb Ganesh Sittampalam: >> > Libraries that are newer in Debian will stay so, so we won?t be able to >> > support the platform fully. Now we have these options: >> >> What is the long-term plan for this issue - will new instances of it be >> allowed to arise, or will Debian allow the platform to catch up and then >> not jump ahead again? > > I’m not sure if there is a consensus yet, so far not many developers > have commented on the issue. > > Personally, I’m happy to give the platform the chance to catch up, but > I’d always reserve Debian the right to jump when required for good > reasons (e.g. new version of library needed by newer version of a > program that we want, or bug in the libraries).
Speaking as a DM with a package (Darcs) that uses Haskell libraries, this seems reasonable to me. That is, Debian makes a REASONABLE effort to provide packages that satisfy the latest haskell-platform, but this is trumped by good reasons, such as an ABI-breaking security update. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
