Actually Arch has been accommodating in other cases when there was a stable
library and a new/developing. It certainly keeps around two versions of
python, autoconf, GTK, qt, gambas... The solution I'm proposing would be a
little different than those cases, but on the same principle.
Timothy
---------- Původní zpráva ----------
Od: Patrick Palka <patr...@parcs.ath.cx>
Datum: 28. 10. 2012
Předmět: Re: [Haskell-cafe] GHC maintenance on Arch
"
On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 5:54 PM, <timothyho...@seznam.cz
(mailto:timothyho...@seznam.cz)> wrote:
"
There seems to be a bit of a clash between ghc being a tool, and ghc being
a toy. There need not be. Your works-for-me is great but it is meaningless
to those of us who use ghc as a tool for larger projects.
"
This is not specific to GHC. Arch Linux, being a bleeding-edge Linux
distribution, tends to prefer newer versions of software over more stable
versions of software. I doubt that facet of Arch Linux will ever change, so
perhaps you should reevaluate your choice of Linux distribution or avoid
pacman/package updates for software whose stability and predictability is
critical to you.
"
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