On Tue, Mar 06, 2012 at 08:21:50PM -0600, Thomas Dziedzic wrote:
Hi,
I recently found out arch-haskell has completely split from using archlinux. I was wondering what your future plans are for arch-haskell as you have become a completely separate entity. (providing all your own packages)
Yes, that is the route I've turned onto. I think it's worthwhile to do this at this point. Xyne has expressed many of the reasons for doing this. There are however a two other points I'd like to add: - A dependency on official Arch packages is a bit of a pain to maintain due to the lack of good sources of information about changes to Arch repos. - A minor point is that Arch has some "rules" that put limits on packaging: only released software is packaged, and patches are strongly discouraged.
I also read some mails on this ml about getting official status. Splitting off completely and not communicating your intentions with me is not going to get you an official status if that is your intention. Instead, communication and coordination with me is crucial for that to have any chance.
Then you also read that I don't have official status as a goal, it would be a *bonus*, nothing more, nothing less. /M -- Magnus Therning OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4 email: magnus@therning.org jabber: magnus@therning.org twitter: magthe http://therning.org/magnus Most software today is very much like an Egyptian pyramid with millions of bricks piled on top of each other, with no structural integrity, but just done by brute force and thousands of slaves. -- Alan Kay