andrewcoppin: > Ivan Lazar Miljenovic wrote: > >On Sat, 20 Sep 2008 23:38:16 -0700 > >Don Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>And by now you know where which distro has it: > >> > >> http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=18343 > >> > > > >I'm sorry, Don, but you're late... Gentoo had it last night (as soon as > >Matthew > >told me he uploaded it to Hackage)! ;-) > > > > I'm sorry, I'm confused... > > 1. How is putting something into a Cabal package different from just > handing somebody the source code and telling them to run ghc --make? > > 2. If we already have a Cabal package, why do we also need seperate > packages for Arch, Gentoo, Debian...? Isn't Cabal cross-platform? > > 3. Why isn't any of this explained in print anywhere?
It's all about users. To see more of the philosophy here, check out, Haskell: Batteries Included http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~dons/papers/CPJS08.html Ubiquitous, easy, complete Haskell. -- Don _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe