[Pkg-haskell-maintainers] Bug#600691: Bug#600691: libghc6-texmath-dev: should link against libghc6-parsec3-dev

[Joachim Breitner]

Hi J&J,

Am Dienstag, den 19.10.2010, 07:18 -0700 schrieb John MacFarlane:
> Pandoc does use a parser defined in texmath.  So if texmath links
> against parsec2, and the rest of pandoc links against parsec3 (as
> it currently does in the debian package), there might be a problem
> there.

Yes, if it uses a parser from the package, then the versions need to
mach indeed.

> Jonas, have you tried changing the pandoc debian/rules to link against
> parsec2?  Pandoc 1.6 should work with either version of parsec.
> 
> It seems to me that it would be best if all of these inter-operating
> packages linked against the same version of parsec.  All three of
> them will currently work with either version.  Would the maintainer
> of texmath consider bumping the build dependency to parsec3?

We can bump the dependency in Debian. The other user of texmath, gitit,
already links against parsec2, so this is fine.

> > >Do you plan to upload pandoc to unstable or experimental? Is it
> > >targeted to squeeze?
> > >
> > >(But no objections to doing the bump, the question is whether we
> > >want to do it now in unstable, now in experimental, or after the
> > >release in unstable)
> > 
> > It is a new upstream release, so unless John can help raise concern
> > about security bugs in older releases, I believe it is too late in
> > the game for Squeeze.
> 
> Unfortunately, I don't see any security fixes in the changelog.

I wouldn’t call it unfortunate :-)

@Jonas: So do you want to upload pandoc to experimental or do you want
to wait ’till after the release and upload to unstable?

Greetings,
Joachim

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