Re: haskell-debian vs. newest HaXml

[Jeremy Shaw <jeremy@n-heptane.com>]

Hello,

I can update Debian.Report to build against the newer HaXml now that  
it is available in sid.

The debian directory in Debain is what we use to build -- so it "works  
for us".

There are other libraries and apps that depend on extra, though I am  
not sure if any are headed for sid at the moment. If packaging Extra  
is a big issue, the Debian library only depends on a couple small  
functions. We could copy those functions over. It's unlikely we would  
remember to apply any future bug fixes or updates in both locations  
though. So, we will need to add comments reminding us..

- jeremy

On Sep 8, 2009, at 12:21 PM, Joachim Breitner wrote:

> Hi David,
>
> I wanted to make improvements to hpvt[0] and had to recompile the  
> cabal
> package “debian” locally. Unfortunately, it fails with the current
> HaXml:
>
> [33 of 34] Compiling Debian.Report    ( Debian/Report.hs, dist/build/ 
> Debian/Report.o )
>
> Debian/Report.hs:77:67:
>    `CFilter' is not applied to enough type arguments
>    Expected kind `?', but `CFilter' has kind `* -> *'
>    In the type `M.Map B.ByteString (DebianVersion, DebianVersion)
>                 -> CFilter'
>    In the type signature for `trumpedXML':
>      trumpedXML :: M.Map B.ByteString (DebianVersion, DebianVersion)
>                    -> CFilter
>
> It would be nice to see an updated version of debian soon.
>
> Also, what’s the state of inclusion of debian in Debian (*g*)? Besides
> Extra, all dependencies are available. I’m not sure if Extra itself
> ought to be packaged separately in Debian, though. Is the code of  
> Extra
> that’s used by debian really shared with something else, or could it  
> be
> moved to the debian cabal package?
>
> Thanks,
> Joachim
>
>
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