[Debian-haskell] Haskell package status

I'm interested in trying Haskell, particularly parsec, for some parsing problems. Things seem pretty unsettled (I track testing usually, though can get unstable), and I wonder if anyone could suggest what the best approach for me to take would be.

It seems that neither testing nor unstable has a full suite of packages, since when I try out upgrades to 6.8 in aptitude a lot of stuff gets knocked out.

I'm on i386; since some of the trouble seems to be on other architectures I'm hoping this will help.

More generally, what's up with the packages? I see a patchwork, but I don't understand what's driving it.

Thanks for packaging Haskell for Debian.

Ross Boylan