haskell ghc demodularization?
by Jens-Ulrik Petersen
Hi,
Recently I have been thinking it would actually be nicer to be able to
parallel install Fedora ghc versions (then one can do things like `cabal
build -w ghc-9.2.1` or get stack to use more system ghc versions etc).
We actually had (the ability to) parallel installs long ago, maybe during
ghc6?
But at the time SIG decided to avoid that to simplify the user experience.
But I want to revisit this now, with a tentative idea to introduce ghc9.2
etc to Rawhide for F36 perhaps. Having the builds in the main repo is also
more discoverable.
This will also open up the possibility of cabal-install3.6 etc - though
adding ghc9.2.1-network etc is going to be more challenging in terms of
additional maintenance.
Any thoughts on this?
(I would probably "brand" it as parallel ghc installs rather than
"demodularization": actually they are not exclusive, but in the long term
this would probably end the ghc modules effort - even though I have yet to
try the latest modular build iteration.)
Jens
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