Alexander V Vershilov <qni...@gentoo.org> writes: > Hi, Ben. > Hi Alexander!
Thanks for the quick reply. > It appears that due to the official procedure it takes a large amount of time > to stabilize platform. We are trying to have latest platform in tree as soon > as it is available, and stabilization take a large amount of time to get it > stabilized, actually it alway happens right before next version of platform > came out. > We can also suggest that users use the gentoo-haskell overlay as suggested in the Wiki, if this would help reduce the release turnaround time. In fact, we are currently putting together a new download page. Perhaps you could read over the Gentoo installation instructions and suggest any changes you would like to see made. > My personal opinion: > It appeared that haskell-platform is not the easiest way to keep > versions in source based distros and actually provide more breakage > then help. As a result we have introduced a @haskell-platform set, this > is basically a way to install all packages that goes in platform but with > less restrictions on versions. And for experienced users it's easier to > install > that or don't use platform at all. > //end of my personal opinion > I can see how this might be the case. Regarding the haskell-platform ebuild, as far as I can tell there are only lower bounds on the included libraries. I think it would be wise to at least upper bound the major version. Mark, what are your thoughts on this? I have seen a few distributions providing "Haskell Platform" releases that place rather loose bounds on the included libraries. It seems this could come back to bite us at some point. > Summary: > > 1. It's possible to introduce haskell-plaform in main tree in a days after > release will happen and have it with exact constrains that it has > upstream. > So this will allow h-p users to have that. > 2. Main tree is better place to have vanilla platform > 3. I think we can update wiki to have that information and also add > link to haskell > wiki (https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Haskell) > Great! Cheers, - Ben [1] https://goldnerlab.physics.umass.edu/~bgamari/website/download.html
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