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    First version of the top-down package dependency resolver · bc07102a
    Duncan Coutts authored
    This is a new dependency resolver that produces valid install plans.
    It works in polynomial time however because the search space is 
    exponential in size it is not guaranteed to find a solution even if
    one exists. It works by generating and then exploring the search
    space represented as a lazy tree. It uses constraints to prune
    choices and heuristics when guesses are necessary. Currently it can
    generate install plans for 99% of the packages on hackage. The
    remaining 6 packages should be doable with two extra tricks.
    It is not finished and is not yet usable in practice.
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