Hi Herbert,
On 31 December 2014 at 15:25, Herbert Valerio Riedel wrote:
> Hello Michael,
>
> On 2014-12-31 at 15:10:37 +0100, Michael Snoyman wrote:
>> tl;dr: Now that ghc (the library) doesn't depend on Cabal (the library),
>> can we remove Cabal from the global package database installed with G
On Wed Dec 31 2014 at 4:25:12 PM Herbert Valerio Riedel
wrote:
> Hello Michael,
>
> On 2014-12-31 at 15:10:37 +0100, Michael Snoyman wrote:
> > tl;dr: Now that ghc (the library) doesn't depend on Cabal (the library),
> > can we remove Cabal from the global package database installed with GHC?
>
>
Hello Michael,
On 2014-12-31 at 15:10:37 +0100, Michael Snoyman wrote:
> tl;dr: Now that ghc (the library) doesn't depend on Cabal (the library),
> can we remove Cabal from the global package database installed with GHC?
[...]
> For both of these reasons, I think we should limit the number of pa
tl;dr: Now that ghc (the library) doesn't depend on Cabal (the library),
can we remove Cabal from the global package database installed with GHC?
A problem that comes up quite a bit for users of GHC is conflicting package
versions versus the version of a package that shipped with GHC. Some
example
