Hi, Am Freitag, den 24.07.2009, 12:14 +1000 schrieb Trent W. Buck: > On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 10:32:09AM +0200, Joachim Breitner wrote: > >> Package: libghc6-zlib-dev > >> Version: 0.5.0.0-2+b1 > >> Severity: wishlist > >> > >> Please upgrade haskell-zlib in Debian. The upcoming release of > >> Darcs 2.3 requires haskell-zlib 0.5.1.0. > >> > >> Without it, Darcs will use its deprecated internal zlib bindings, > >> which will reduce the amount of real-world testing that > >> haskell-zlib gets from Debian users. > > > > now it starts: The platform specifies zlib-0.5.0.0... but using > > something deprecated should be avoided. > > I believe the reason Darcs' zlib dependency was bumped to 0.5.1 is > because 0.5.0 has known problems with CRC (checksums) -- either > generating bad ones, or failing to detect/repair bad ones. > > I can dig up the exact details if you want.
don’t worry, I believe that darcs’ dependency is there for a good reason. I just wanted to bring up this issue of reasonable dependency vs. haskell platform in general. Does anyone know how other distros handle that? Greetings, Joachim -- Joachim "nomeata" Breitner Debian Developer nome...@debian.org | ICQ# 74513189 | GPG-Keyid: 4743206C JID: nome...@joachim-breitner.de | http://people.debian.org/~nomeata
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