Re: headsup: ghc 7 lands in rawhide

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On Sun, 2010-11-28 at 10:24 -0800, John Reiser wrote:
> On 11/27/2010 12:04 AM, Jens Petersen wrote:
> > I have just moved ghc-7.0.1 and a large set
> > of Haskell ghc package rebuilds into dist-f15
> > (from dist-f15-ghc).
> 
> > Rebuilds still pending include xmobar, hlint,
> > and various libraries (currently with one or less dependents).
> 
> > Testing and feedback of the new packages in rawhide is most welcome
> > in bugzilla or mailing-list.
> 
> How can this testing take place when a very long list of dependencies
> has not yet appeared in rawhide?   A sample (6 of *hundreds*):
> 
> 	ghc-csv-devel-0.1.2-2.fc15.x86_64 requires ghc = 0:6.12.3
> 	ghc-csv-devel-0.1.2-2.fc15.x86_64 requires ghc-doc = 0:6.12.3
> 	ghc-csv-prof-0.1.2-2.fc15.x86_64 requires ghc-prof = 0:6.12.3
> 	ghc-haskell-src-exts-1.9.0-2.fc14.x86_64 requires libHShaskell98-1.0.1.1-ghc6.12.3.so()(64bit)
> 	ghc-haskell-src-exts-1.9.0-2.fc14.x86_64 requires libHSrandom-1.0.0.2-ghc6.12.3.so()(64bit)
> 	ghc-haskell-src-exts-1.9.0-2.fc14.x86_64 requires libHSfilepath-1.1.0.4-ghc6.12.3.so()(64bit)
> 
> Please explain why such changes are not done in dependency order
> (bottom up).  Other collections of packages have made similar messes
> from time to time.  I don't understand the reasoning for top-down
> dribbling, particularly when the same subset of packagers is responsible
> for the entire suite.

Agreed. I really don't see a reason to break so many packages, even if
it is 'only Rawhide'. Was there a reason all these rebuilds could not be
completed in the tag?
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