On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 1:07 PM, Magnus Therning <mag...@therning.org>wrote:
> Now we have 300+ packages in [haskell]. It's starting to be a large > set, and the time required to build when something changes is starting > to really be felt now. So I would like to start a discussion on how we > should decide what criteria to use when adding a package, and equally > important, what criteria to use when dropping a package. > > My _impression_ is that additions have been a bit willy-nilly. Guided > only by what the maintainers fancy at the moment. I also don't think > that we've ever dropped a package, ever. > > I feel it's important to me to know that the resources I put into > ArchHaskell is appreciated, and every added package increases the > resources required. I therefore would like to know that each and ever > package in [haskell] is there for a good reason. > > I feel I need to bring this up because there are a few packages in > [haskell] that I suspect are there, but aren't widely used. To point > fingers, the chief reason is Agda :) This is a package that has a > mere 13 votes in AUR, and it takes more than an hour to build it on my > laptop (about 70 minutes to be more precise). On each platform! > FWIW, I could help out with builds these days, if need be. My work equipment is a new 4-core (8 w/ HT) machine w/ 8 GB RAM + SSD drive. > So, what are our options when it comes to deciding what's in and > what's out? Any thoughts? > > Oh, and can I please drop Agda in the meantime? ;) > > /M > > -- > Magnus Therning OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4 > email: mag...@therning.org jabber: mag...@therning.org > twitter: magthe http://therning.org/magnus > > I invented the term Object-Oriented, and I can tell you I did not have > C++ in mind. > -- Alan Kay > > _______________________________________________ > arch-haskell mailing list > arch-haskell@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/arch-haskell > >
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