Changes between Version 5 and Version 6 of Commentary/Packages/PackageMountingProposal

Timestamp:

10/30/06 00:03:47 (7 years ago)

Author:

Frederik

Comment:

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Commentary/Packages/PackageMountingProposal

@@ -37 +37 @@
 }}}
 
-(so the imported namespace would appear as {{{Graphics.Unix.X11.Types}}}, {{{Graphics.Unix.X11.Xlib}}}, etc.)
+(so the imported namespace would appear as {{{Graphics.Unix.X11.Types}}}, {{{Graphics.Unix.X11.Xlib}}}, etc.) Note that the intention is for each {{{-package-base}}} option to refer to the package specified in the preceding {{{-package}}} option, so to give package {{{PACKAGE}}} a mount point of {{{BASE}}} we use the syntax
 
-or
+{{{
+  ghc ... -package PACKAGE -package-base BASE ...
+}}}
+
+Ideally one would also be able to link to two different versions of the same package, at different mount points:
 
 {{{
@@ -47 +51 @@
 (yielding {{{NewX11.Types}}}, {{{NewX11.Xlib}}}, ...; {{{OldX11.Types}}}, {{{OldX11.Xlib}}}, ...)
 
-However, usually the default mount point would be used. Additionally, Cabal syntax should be extended to support mounting. I would suggest that the optional mount point should appear after a package in the Build-Depends clause of a Cabal file:
+However, usually the default mount point would be sufficient, so most users wouldn't have to learn about {{{-package-base}}}.
+
+Additionally, Cabal syntax should be extended to support mounting. I would suggest that the optional mount point should appear after a package in the Build-Depends clause of a Cabal file:
 
 {{{