On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 10:54 AM, Mark Wotton <mwot...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello all, > > I've recently had problems with haskell-src-meta. While it's a great > package, it doesn't currently compile on GHC 6.12, and Matt Morrow > doesn't seem to be around to push the version that does to Hackage. > Our "one-world" approach with cabal seems to discourage forking as a > casual act, so when a package that others rely on goes AWOL, it's very > awkward to fix it. > > I can think of a few ways to get around my current problems: > > 1. upload haskell-src-meta-placeholder, or haskell-src-meta-mwotton, > or something similar - this could be said to pollute the namespace, > but would solve my immediate problem. I'd have to similarly specialise > the chain of packages up to the one I actually want to use as well, > though.
I've uploaded haskell-src-meta-mwotton, using the development version. It seems to work fine for my applications. It's a bit of a hack, but I can't think of a better way to do it for now. mark -- A UNIX signature isn't a return address, it's the ASCII equivalent of a black velvet clown painting. It's a rectangle of carets surrounding a quote from a literary giant of weeniedom like Heinlein or Dr. Who. -- Chris Maeda _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
