Re: [arch-general] Why ghc 7.2.2 ?

2011-11-19 Thread Bernardo Barros
Anyway, I'm testing it right now, let's see how it goes =)

Re: [arch-general] Why ghc 7.2.2 ?

2011-11-19 Thread Bernardo Barros
OK! I agree with what is on the first e-mail from [arch-haskell]. Vesa idea is quite good. I quote here: > Future== > The actions I'm about to do are following: > - remove haskell-platform and all its libs from extra - only > keep ghc in extra- alex, happy and cabal-install and t

Re: [arch-general] Why ghc 7.2.2 ?

2011-11-19 Thread Allan McRae
On 20/11/11 12:26, Bernardo Barros wrote: I read the other thread in arch-haskell, but I didn't see a reason for that. I don't understand why it conflicts with the 'arch philosophy' since upstream is telling us it is not ready yet... Of course you can test it! That's why it was released, but the

Re: [arch-general] Why ghc 7.2.2 ?

2011-11-19 Thread Bernardo Barros
I read the other thread in arch-haskell, but I didn't see a reason for that. I don't understand why it conflicts with the 'arch philosophy' since upstream is telling us it is not ready yet... Of course you can test it! That's why it was released, but the [testing] repository is for stuff that will

Re: [arch-general] Why ghc 7.2.2 ?

2011-11-19 Thread Allan McRae
On 20/11/11 09:57, Bernardo Barros wrote: I believe that's the reason that haskell platform is waiting, and I think arch should wait a couple of weeks too... On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 3:54 PM, Bernardo Barros wrote: "This 7.2.2 release is intended to be more of a "technology preview" than norma

Re: [arch-general] Why ghc 7.2.2 ?

2011-11-19 Thread Bernardo Barros
I believe that's the reason that haskell platform is waiting, and I think arch should wait a couple of weeks too... On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 3:54 PM, Bernardo Barros wrote: > "This 7.2.2 release is intended to be more of a "technology preview" > than normal GHC stable branches. In particular, it s

Re: [arch-general] Why ghc 7.2.2 ?

2011-11-19 Thread Bernardo Barros
"This 7.2.2 release is intended to be more of a "technology preview" than normal GHC stable branches. In particular, it supports a significantly improved version of DPH, as well as new features such as compiler plugins and "safe Haskell". The design of these new features may evolve as we get more e

[arch-general] Xstartup not run

2011-11-19 Thread Andre "Osku" Schmidt
Hi, i was wondering if anyone using xdm gets /etc/X11/xdm/Xstartup loaded when you log in? man page sais "After the user logs in, xdm runs the Xstartup script as root.", so between Xsetup and Xsession. but my /var/log/xdm.log only has: ... xdm info (pid 803): sourcing /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0 xdm i

Re: [arch-general] Why ghc 7.2.2 ?

2011-11-19 Thread Allan McRae
On 20/11/11 09:02, Bernardo Barros wrote: I mean, you can get the feeling that it won't break anything, but we will have to do a lot of testing before. At least 2 weeks, right? Maybe a month? And when those extensive testing phase will end, it will be time to the stable release already... (like

Re: [arch-general] Automatic File Associations Alloting

2011-11-19 Thread Bernardo Barros
text files opening automatically with wine is really a VERY annoying thing...

Re: [arch-general] Why ghc 7.2.2 ?

2011-11-19 Thread Bernardo Barros
I mean, you can get the feeling that it won't break anything, but we will have to do a lot of testing before. At least 2 weeks, right? Maybe a month? And when those extensive testing phase will end, it will be time to the stable release already... (like in one month?) I don't see the point.

Re: [arch-general] Why ghc 7.2.2 ?

2011-11-19 Thread Bernardo Barros
I just find it strange.. But he is aware that ghc 7.2.2 is not tagged as "stable" but as "feature preview", right?

Re: [arch-general] Automatic File Associations Alloting

2011-11-19 Thread Clive Cooper
On 19 November 2011 13:23, Jayesh Badwaik wrote: > Hi, > > Whenever I install a new text editor, it will "hijack" the files > without notifying me. My .tex files were associated > with Kile and when I recently installed emacs, it hijacked the file > associations. > > This happens quiet often. Goin

Re: [arch-general] Why ghc 7.2.2 ?

2011-11-19 Thread Magnus Therning
On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 11:36:07AM -0800, Bernardo Barros wrote: > Hello, > > Why ghc 7.2.2 is in [testing]? > > People are planing to include it in [extra]? It's a "feature preview" release. > > It is not a stable release as far as I know. The haskell platform is > scheduled to be released "lat

[arch-general] Why ghc 7.2.2 ?

2011-11-19 Thread Bernardo Barros
Hello, Why ghc 7.2.2 is in [testing]? People are planing to include it in [extra]? It's a "feature preview" release. It is not a stable release as far as I know. The haskell platform is scheduled to be released "late 2011" with the next stable version.

[arch-general] Automatic File Associations Alloting

2011-11-19 Thread Jayesh Badwaik
Hi, Whenever I install a new text editor, it will "hijack" the files without notifying me. My .tex files were associated with Kile and when I recently installed emacs, it hijacked the file associations. This happens quiet often. Going by the Archway, I guess this is unwarranted. The system is doi