How to manage "vendored" boolexpr dependency?

[kostmo]

The boolexpr package needs this PR to support modern GHC. I was able to include the "boolexpr" package as a "vendored dependency" by copying in the code and adding it as a local package in stack.yaml. This works with stack build. However, the CI build doesn't seem to respect this local dependency.

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UPDATE: The PR boolexpr/boolexpr#2 has been merged - thanks @np and @kostmo!

[xsebek]

We used to do this in cabal-extra (I think was the name) with other libraries.

The problem is that this will not work for release. The built binary will have the released version of the dependency.

[xsebek]

@kostmo I could not find your comment about whether you reached out to the boolexpr author via mail in #927.

I reached out to the author on the Keybase messaging platform and will update you with the results. 😉