[Hackage] #194: add sanity checking to version numbers

[Hackage]

#194: add sanity checking to version numbers
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  Reporter:  duncan         |        Owner:                     
      Type:  defect         |       Status:  new                
  Priority:  normal         |    Milestone:                     
 Component:  Cabal library  |      Version:  1.2.3.0            
  Severity:  normal         |   Resolution:                     
  Keywords:                 |   Difficulty:  very easy (<1 hour)
Ghcversion:  6.8.1          |     Platform:  Linux              
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Comment (by duncan):

 Replying to [comment:2 ross at soi.city.ac.uk]:
 > Replying to [comment:1 duncan]:
 > > Turns out that there are zero packages in hackage with this kind of
 dodgy version number.
 >
 > That is not an accident; they're forbidden because they would break
 things.

 Right. I should not have been surprised. :-)

 So since things are in a good state lets just take a hard line everywhere.
 It's a good deal easier than trying to add warnings in the right places.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/194#comment:3>
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