On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 1:14 PM, Bardur Arantsson
Hi all,
Given that I'm often quite annoyed by the almost-total lack of support for developing a set of coherent libraries together in a convenient fashion[1] using Cabal, I'd like to ask
a) are there any current plans or GitHub issues on implementing any support for this workflow that I should be aware of?
There are two that I am aware of. [1] is very similar to one of your workflows. [2] is related, but centers around improving the interaction between sandboxes and multiple packages, and less on the actual workflow of managing multiple packages simultaneously. [1]. https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/1367 [2]. https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/2631
c) would there be *interest* in somebody (e.g. me) implementing support for such a workflow?
Yes, definitely!
d) if "yes" to c), how should one go about it? What kind of consensus needs to gathered and whom do I need to convince of the brilliance of this idea?
If what you have in mind is like #1367, I would say that consensus has already been reached.
I have a week's vacation coming up next week (and probably a few more a little later in the summer), and I think I may be able to dedicate quite a bit of time to getting this done, *but*... if I'm going to spend that time, I want something that can be integrated into cabal-install *and* I want something that has a reasonable chance of actually getting merged. (Of course, I don't expect bad code to be merged, but I'm quite happy to fix bad code whenever it's pointed out to me.)
I think there is some overlap with #2631, so I would suggest chiming in there to avoid duplicating efforts. This is a frequently requested feature; I think the chances of anything you write *not* being merged are very, very small. -- Thomas Tuegel