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| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/packages/haskell.scm | 12 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/haskell.scm b/gnu/packages/haskell.scm index ba66e96053..b27185848b 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/haskell.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/haskell.scm @@ -1717,7 +1717,7 @@ access to the full zlib feature set.") (define-public ghc-stm (package (name "ghc-stm") - (version "2.4.4") + (version "2.4.5.0") (outputs '("out" "doc")) (source (origin @@ -1728,12 +1728,18 @@ access to the full zlib feature set.") ".tar.gz")) (sha256 (base32 - "0gc8zvdijp3rwmidkpxv76b4i0dc8dw6nbd92rxl4vxl0655iysx")))) + "19sr11a0hqikhvf561b38phz6k3zg9s157a0f5ffvghk7wcdpmri")))) (build-system haskell-build-system) (home-page "https://hackage.haskell.org/package/stm") (synopsis "Software Transactional Memory") (description - "A modular composable concurrency abstraction.") + "Software Transactional Memory, or STM, is an abstraction for concurrent +communication. The main benefits of STM are composability and modularity. +That is, using STM you can write concurrent abstractions that can be easily +composed with any other abstraction built using STM, without exposing the +details of how your abstraction ensures safety. This is typically not the +case with other forms of concurrent communication, such as locks or +@code{MVar}s.") (license license:bsd-3))) (define-public ghc-parallel |