Re: [Haskell-cafe] base-3 -> base-4
ganesh.sittampalam: > Johannes Waldmann wrote: > > Is there a "conversion guide" for switching from base-3 to base-4? > > > > I noticed that ghc-HEAD (6.13) comes with base-4.3 (and no base-3). > > This will break an awful lot of packages (?), in fact the breakage > > starts with cabal-install (since it depends on HTTP which depends on > > base-3). > > HTTP can build and seems to work with base 4 if you bump the dependency. > I contacted Sigbjorn about making a new release a while ago, but nothing > has happened yet. I don't know if Sigbjorn is still the maintainer. We need to set maintainer timeouts somewhere. ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
Re: [Haskell-cafe] base-3 -> base-4
On 3 September 2010 23:07, Johannes Waldmann wrote: > Is there a "conversion guide" for switching from base-3 to base-4? > > I noticed that ghc-HEAD (6.13) comes with base-4.3 (and no base-3). > This will break an awful lot of packages (?), in fact the breakage > starts with cabal-install (since it depends on HTTP which depends on base-3). >From memory, the only thing that changed of significance was the exception handling: Control.Exception now uses extensible exceptions (also available for base-3 in the extensible-exceptions package). For the very lazy Control.OldException may still be available with 6.14 to keep using the old-style exceptions. -- Ivan Lazar Miljenovic ivan.miljeno...@gmail.com IvanMiljenovic.wordpress.com ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
RE: [Haskell-cafe] base-3 -> base-4
Johannes Waldmann wrote: > Is there a "conversion guide" for switching from base-3 to base-4? > > I noticed that ghc-HEAD (6.13) comes with base-4.3 (and no base-3). > This will break an awful lot of packages (?), in fact the breakage > starts with cabal-install (since it depends on HTTP which depends on > base-3). HTTP can build and seems to work with base 4 if you bump the dependency. I contacted Sigbjorn about making a new release a while ago, but nothing has happened yet. Ganesh === Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: http://www.credit-suisse.com/legal/en/disclaimer_email_ib.html === ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
