Re: ∀lib: Debian(lib) >= Platform(lib)
Joachim Breitner <nomeata@debian.org> writes:
> Am Sonntag, den 16.08.2009, 19:36 +0100 schrieb Ganesh Sittampalam:
>> > Libraries that are newer in Debian will stay so, so we won?t be able to
>> > support the platform fully. Now we have these options:
>>
>> What is the long-term plan for this issue - will new instances of it be
>> allowed to arise, or will Debian allow the platform to catch up and then
>> not jump ahead again?
>
> I’m not sure if there is a consensus yet, so far not many developers
> have commented on the issue.
>
> Personally, I’m happy to give the platform the chance to catch up, but
> I’d always reserve Debian the right to jump when required for good
> reasons (e.g. new version of library needed by newer version of a
> program that we want, or bug in the libraries).
Speaking as a DM with a package (Darcs) that uses Haskell libraries,
this seems reasonable to me. That is, Debian makes a REASONABLE effort
to provide packages that satisfy the latest haskell-platform, but this
is trumped by good reasons, such as an ABI-breaking security update.
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