Re: Fw: Accepted haskell-network 2.2.1.3-1 (source all i386)
Don Stewart <dons@galois.com> writes:
>> I'm not sure how haskell-platforms strict version dependancies will
>> fit in with the way things are packaged on Debian. The cabal file
>> does not leave much latitude:
>>
>> http://hackage.haskell.org/platform/2009.2.0.1/haskell-platform.cabal
>>
>
> Ideally though, Debian will in time end up providing the precise
> dependencies (which will last for 6 month periods). In the short term,
> just getting the packages in is a good start.
Ideally for whom?
Consider the following hypothetical situation:
- Debian Testing provides zlib 0.5.0.0.
- Haskell Platform 2009.2.0.1 requires zlib 0.5.0.0. Presumably the
next Haskell Platform release will not appear until 2009-08.
- In 2009-06, upstream releases zlib 0.5.0.1 to fix a security hole.
If Debian installs the security update, haskell-platform will not be
usable on sid -- at least until the Haskell Platform has a point release
(i.e. Haskell Platform 2009.2.0.2) and that release enters Debian.
Similarly, is Debian Stable expected to have an installable version of
(and old version of) haskell-platform? If so, near to release time it
will be necessary to prevent ANY package updates migrating from unstable
to testing if they will break the current haskell-platform.
The whole design of haskell-platform seems at odds with Debian's release
management workflow to me, and I don't envy whoever ends up trying to
keep it working.
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