Re: binNMUs to keep haskell packages in sync
On Sun, Mar 09, 2008 at 07:42:59PM +0100, Joachim Breitner wrote:
> haskell libraries have the unfortunate requirement to need exactly the
> version of dependencies installed that they were built against.
Can you please explain why? And does a rebuild in the same environment
also break it?
> So
> binary dependencies are fixed (==) to the version that was installed
> during installation.
Exact version is >> x, << x+1. You mean exact revision.
> Currently, we also fix the build-dependencies, to keep the packages in
> sync across different arches, and do sourceful uploads of all depending
> package when we upgrade a library. I don’t like this situation, and I’m
> wondering if we could not do binNMUs to keep the packages in sync.
BinNMUs will only work with loose build-deps.
> I’m also guessing that not having strict build-dependencies might make
> work easier for releasing or security updates, but that’s just guesswork
> on my side :-)
You are already in touch with security? This is a large problem.
Bastian
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