On Wed, 2008-09-10 at 10:26 +0100, Ross Paterson wrote: > On Tue, Sep 09, 2008 at 10:59:17PM +0000, Duncan Coutts wrote: > > The .tar.gz packages are pristine and must not change, however > > the .cabal file that is kept in the hackage index could change and that > > information will be reflected both in the hackage website and just as > > importantly for tools like cabal-install. So not only could the > > maintainer fix urls or whatever but also adjust dependencies in the > > light of test results. Consider the analogy to pristine tarballs and > > debian or gentoo meta-data files. The former never changes for a > > particular version, but the meta-data can be adjusted as the > > distributors see fit. > > So if Debian or Gentoo etc repackage one of these packages in their > distributions, what is the pristine tarball that they use?
They use the one and only pristine tarball. As for what meta-data they choose, that's up to them, they have the choice of using the original .cabal file in the .tar.gz or taking advantage of the updated version. Duncan _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
