[arch-haskell] Questions related dependencies of packages in [extra] & [community]

[Magnus Therning]

I have 3 questions related to dependencies for haskell packages:

1. I noticed that the haskell packages in [extra] and [community] now
   depend on a specific revision (7.0.3-2) rather than just a specific
   version (e.g. 7.0.3) of ghc.  Is this to make sure that if there is
   an ABI change due to a bump in the revision then users don't end up
   with an unusable system?

2. There are some dependencies on other haskell packages that also
   require a specific revision (e.g. haskell-haskeline).  This does
   strike me as a good idea, again to prevent inconsistent user
   systems.  It isn't consistent though (again, e.g.
   haskell-haskeline, its dependency on haskell-terminfo).  Is it a
   bug that should be reported?

3. I also noticed the dependency on 'sh' for the first time.  This
   strikes me as something that ought to be superfluous, isn't it?

/M

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