Re: ∀lib: Debian(lib) >= Platform(lib)

[Don Stewart <dons@galois.com>]

horms:
> > Last but not least Debian aims to make a selection for it’s users, so
> > it’s actually a service not having multiple versions of the same
> > package :-) 
> 
> Ok. I must miss-understand what Haskell platform is and how it works.
> I was assuming that Haskell platform is something Debian would provide
> as something users can install. That it would suck in all the relevant
> dependencies. And that there wasn't much flexibilities in those dependencies.

That's indeed the case. To 'support the platform' you need   to have all
those packages on the system, and be attempting to get the versions to
match. You need to have cabal-install.

Ideally you have a single 'haskell-platform' meta package too.

-- Don