Re: cvs commit: hugs98 Makefile RPM.mk hugs98/libraries/tools convert_libraries

Ross Paterson <[email protected]> Tue, 5 Sep 2006 13:35:13 +0100

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On Tue, Sep 05, 2006 at 02:21:31PM +0200, Duncan Coutts wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-09-05 at 12:19 +0100, Ross Paterson wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 05, 2006 at 12:12:00PM +0100, Malcolm Wallace wrote:
> > > So does anyone have any objections if I go ahead and commit the
> > > replacement (compatibility) implementation of Data.FiniteMap to the main
> > > repository for packages/base?
> > 
> > I'd rather see HaXml updated to use Data.Map, perhaps with a
> > compatibility layer for older GHCs.
> 
> Using a compatibility layer is not that easy at the moment.

It's not that hard.  Cabal itself does it for several packages,
including Data.Map.