Now we have 300+ packages in [haskell]. It's starting to be a large set, and the time required to build when something changes is starting to really be felt now. So I would like to start a discussion on how we should decide what criteria to use when adding a package, and equally important, what criteria to use when dropping a package. My _impression_ is that additions have been a bit willy-nilly. Guided only by what the maintainers fancy at the moment. I also don't think that we've ever dropped a package, ever. I feel it's important to me to know that the resources I put into ArchHaskell is appreciated, and every added package increases the resources required. I therefore would like to know that each and ever package in [haskell] is there for a good reason. I feel I need to bring this up because there are a few packages in [haskell] that I suspect are there, but aren't widely used. To point fingers, the chief reason is Agda :) This is a package that has a mere 13 votes in AUR, and it takes more than an hour to build it on my laptop (about 70 minutes to be more precise). On each platform! So, what are our options when it comes to deciding what's in and what's out? Any thoughts? Oh, and can I please drop Agda in the meantime? ;) /M -- Magnus Therning OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4 email: magnus@therning.org jabber: magnus@therning.org twitter: magthe http://therning.org/magnus I invented the term Object-Oriented, and I can tell you I did not have C++ in mind. -- Alan Kay