Re: Why is there a cabal file at all?

On Sat, Jan 13, 2007 at 12:57:33PM -0800, Conal Elliott wrote:

I also wonder: if you don't trust my package spec code, why would you trust my library code?

As an example, hackage can look at your .cabal file and extract the meta-information to build a webpage about your library, add the info to its searchable database so users can search for it, etc. (Assuming your Setup.[l]hs isn't /too/ wacky). We don't want hackage to be executing anything anyone uploads automatically, though (although as pointed out elsewhere in this thread, with a little effort we could attempt to make it safe to do so). Thanks Ian