On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 08:11:40PM +0100, Matthias Kilian wrote: > On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 07:24:36PM +0200, Yitzchak Gale wrote: > > > ...under what > > > circumstances would Debian stable users need to *compile* (as > > > opposed to fetching a binary) *new* versions of Darcs? > > > For the new bit, I think it would be if we were ever to release > > > a version of Darcs that fixed some crucial bug (say a pending > > > patch issue). > > > > What if there is a new feature or functionality that I happen to need > > that is still only in HEAD? That has happened in the past. > > You can always build your own version of GHC newer than what your > distribution provides.
You can also just install a bindist from the GHC download page for most common platforms. I would say that it is generally much easier for someone with an old version of GHC to install a newer one for development, than for someone with a newer version of GHC to install an older version for testing. > I don't think that Debian stable is meant as a system usable for > development of bleeding-edge software. Heck, even OpenBSD with its > 6-month release cycle isn't good for this; I'm doing all development > and porting on OpenBSD-current, typically not older than a week. I generally use stable, but install as a user newer versions of things I'm heavily using as and when necessary. Thanks Ian _______________________________________________ darcs-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osuosl.org/mailman/listinfo/darcs-users
