On Wed, 15 Mar 2000 10:27:56 +0000 (GMT), you uttered:
> >> It would be great if at least one haskell system could get into the
> >> standard linux distributions. ...
>
> > Sure - any idea how to get Red Hat to include the stuff?
>
>I've asked a (busy) friend who works for redhat. I'll pass on any
>info if/when he replies. I think ghc would probably be a "contrib"
>package. For redhat, "We do not guarentee that they will work, fix
>anything etc. They are just a public service that we lend to users (ie
>a central repository)."
Just upload .src.rpm and binary rpms to ftp://incoming.redhat.com/ and
they'll make their way to contrib. I don't think it'd ever make it into the
distribution proper or powertools, as redhat themselves have to maintain
everything in that.
>Finally, in case I am giving the wrong impression, thanks _very_ much
>for taking the trouble to make a src.rpm.
Seconded.
