Hi Magnus,
do you think that our earlier discussion was on target, i.e. did we correctly identify the real pain points [...]?
I'm not quite sure what the problems were that we identified in earlier discussions, but I believe that the points I just explained in my previous posting are fairly accurate: our efforts aren't coordinated enough, we don't communicate enough, and our tools require way too much manual effort to get the job done.
[Does] our suggestions on improving our tools still make sense?
Well, I am not sure what concrete suggestions have been made. I am aware of several patches that Remy has come up with, and those patches are quite valuable because they address concrete deficiencies in cabal2arch. Still, cabal2arch is not even close to generating a working habs tree from Hackage without requiring massive human intervention. We have yet to come up with algorithms and strategies to improve that. I realize that my comments in this thread are only semi-helpful, because all I do is point out problems. What I should be doing is pointing out *solutions*. Unfortunately, I don't know the solutions either. Now, there are lots of smart people on this list. I was hoping that we can figure out the solutions together. Take care, Peter