On Tue, 2014-01-14 at 17:44 +0100, Johan Tibell wrote: > I can make another cabal release if needed, if someone submits a pull > request with the right fix (i.e. add TypedHoles with TypeHoles as a > synonym.)
Thanks Johan, or I'm happy to do it. Duncan > On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 5:33 PM, Austin Seipp <aus...@well-typed.com> wrote: > > > At the very least, Type(d)Holes would never appear explicitly since it > > would be enabled by default. But it might be turned off (but I don't > > know who would do that for the most part.) Cabal at least might still > > need an update. > > > > In any case, Herbert basically summed it up: the time window is kind > > of close, and we would need to re-release/redeploy a few things most > > likely. I really think it mostly depends on the Cabal team and what > > their priorities are. I've CC'd Duncan and Johan for their opinions. > > > > On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 10:27 AM, Herbert Valerio Riedel <h...@gnu.org> > > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > On 2014-01-14 at 17:14:51 +0100, David Luposchainsky wrote: > > >> On 14.01.2014 17:07, Austin Seipp wrote: > > >>> We probably won't change the name right now however. It's already > > >>> been put into Cabal (as a recognized extension,) so the name has > > >>> propagated a slight bit. We can however give it a new name and > > >>> deprecate the old -XTypeHoles in the future. Or, we could change > > >>> it, but I'm afraid it's probably a bit too late in the cycle for > > >>> other devs to change. > > >> > > >> Removing a name later on is more time-consuming, with or without > > >> deprecation. People get used to the "wrong" name and stop caring, but > > >> I can already picture the "type holes are really typed holes" > > >> discussions on IRC. I'm strongly in favour of introducing the new name > > >> (and the deprecation for the synonym) as early as possible. This > > >> change should not be very extensive anyway, so why not slip it in? > > > > > > Well, as Austin hinted at, this would also require a Cabal-1.18.x > > > release in time for the final 7.8, and a recompile of Hackage to pick it > > > up so that people can start using the new 'TypedHoles' token in their > > > .cabal files... so there's a bit of coordination required to make this > > > happen in a timely manner... Or put differently, somebody has to care > > > enough to invest some time and pull this through :-) > > > > > > Cheers, > > > hvr > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Regards, > > > > Austin Seipp, Haskell Consultant > > Well-Typed LLP, http://www.well-typed.com/ > > -- Duncan Coutts, Haskell Consultant Well-Typed LLP, http://www.well-typed.com/ _______________________________________________ Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users
