[Pkg-haskell-maintainers] Bug#617467: Bug#617467: Debian’s cabal-install should not recomment updating cabal-install

[Gergely Nagy]

Marco Túlio Gontijo e Silva <marcot at debian.org> writes:

>> cabal-install currently suggests:
>> 
>> Note: there is a new version of cabal-install available.
>> To upgrade, run: cabal install cabal-install
>> 
>> which makes perfect sense for user-installed cabal-install instances.
>> But I think the version packaged by Debian should not recommend this, as
>> Debian users more likely prefer updating cabal-install via apt-get.
>
> Do you think it should:
>
> 1) Be removed?
> 2) Check if this is the newer debian version (probably in the sources.list from
> the user) and suggest updating using apt-get?
>
> I tend to prefer 1, but I'd like to hear your, and others, point of view on
> this.

Personally, I'd prefer the first option too. The second sounds way too
error prone, and it's a job better left to other mechanisms that were
designed to remind the user about possible Debian upgrades. I don't
think cabal should know anything about debian packages at all - it's not
its job. Therefore, checking if it's debian package is up-to-date is
none of its business, either.

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