Re: Version control systems

2008-08-29 Thread Ian Lynagh
On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 04:31:16PM +1000, Manuel M T Chakravarty wrote: > Ian Lynagh: > >On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 12:21:47PM +1000, Manuel M T Chakravarty > >wrote: > >>From what you are saying, it seems that one "advantage" of git (in- > >>place branch switching) is not going to be useful to GHC

Re: Build system idea

2008-08-29 Thread Simon Marlow
Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH wrote: On 2008 Aug 28, at 22:00, Sterling Clover wrote: We do have, although not with easy access, an additional declarative layer "built in" 90% of the time as configuration as type signature. Sure? I think it's easier than you think: someone's already written code

Re: Build system idea

2008-08-29 Thread Simon Marlow
John Meacham wrote: On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 02:59:16PM +0100, Simon Marlow wrote: The important thing about Cabal's way of specifying dependencies is that they can be made sound with not much difficulty. If I say that my package depends on base==3.0 and network==1.0, then I can guarantee that