Am Montag 26 April 2010 14:32:03 schrieb Bjorn Buckwalter: > > So what would be the fix, to set an upper bound on base? Is the > general recommendation that all packages should specify upper bounds > on all dependencies (if so why doesn't Cabal tell us?)?
Yes, that's the general recommendation. (upper and lower bounds) > I can see that > this would make some sense as a package might be broken by an API > change in its dependencies. Exactly. That's why bounds on the versions of the dependencies are a good thing. > On the other hand I can also see it > causing headaches occasionally... Yes, but probably less headaches than packages eternally breaking because of API changes in the dependencies. > > Thanks, > Bjorn _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list [email protected] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
