"Simon Marlow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The reason for including the version number in the name is so you can have
> side-by-side installation of several different versions of GHC, right? Is
> there really a demand for having several different patchlevel releases
> installed at the same time?
The reason I usually try to keep several patchlevel releases around
simultaneously is for testing compatibility problems. E.g., if I
think I've discovered a bug in ghc, I try it out on several versions
to help pin down when it might have been introduced. Likewise, if
someone reports a bug in software I distribute, I sometimes need to
get an exact version of ghc to reproduce the problem and advise on
whether a simple upgrade is all that is needed.
Regards,
Malcolm
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