On 12/12/2012 06:01 PM, Janek S. wrote: > In the recent months there was a lot of dicussion about cabal, dependency > hell and alike. After > reading some of these discussions there is a question I just have to ask: > > Why not create a package manager (like rpm or apt) for Haskell software? > > I've been using Linux for years. Software for Linux is mostly written in C > and C++. There are > thousands of libraries with lots of dependencies and yet: > a) Linux distributions manage to have package repositories that are kept in a > consistent state > b) Linux package managers can avoid dependency hell, automatically update to > new packages, etc. > Linux people did it! Is there any technical issue that prevents Haskell > people from doing exactly > the same thing? Or are we just having non-technical problems like lack of > money or developers? >
Well, one big issue is that Linux distribution packagers have control of the entire stack. A (hypothetical) Haskell package manager wouldn't. Typical package managers also restrict you to exactly one version of any given package. This can be a severe limitation for developers. (There are more issues.) _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
