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- From: Duncan Coutts <duncan coutts worc ox ac uk>
- To: Jens Petersen <petersen redhat com>
- Subject: Distro opinions sought on Haskell Platform policy question
- Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 13:57:05 +0000
Jens, can I ask you to forward this note to the fedora-haskell-list redhat com as I cannot post to the list. ----------- Hi folks, We've asked a policy question on the Haskell libraries mailing list and it'd be useful to have some input from the perspective of people doing distro packaging. The specific question is: Should we allow compatible API additions to a library in a minor release of the platform? The choice is between allowing only bug fixes in minor releases, or also allowing new features that add APIs but do not change any existing APIs. However the more general issue is how often we should have major and bug fix releases. Please post your thoughts to the Haskell libraries list (which is subscriber only but I'm sure several people here are subscribed so opinions can go via proxy if necessary). Reply to the thread starting "Platform policy question: API compatability in minor releases" Thanks very much. Duncan
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