[Hackage] #849: [PATCH] Store licenses in text files instead of code.

26 May 2011


      #849: [PATCH] Store licenses in text files instead of code.
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  Reporter:  refold         |        Owner:         
      Type:  defect         |       Status:  new    
  Priority:  normal         |    Milestone:         
 Component:  Cabal library  |      Version:  1.8.0.6
  Severity:  normal         |     Keywords:         
Difficulty:  unknown        |   Ghcversion:         
  Platform:                 |  
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 This shaves 300 KiB off the final executable size and makes it slightly
 easier to add new license types (just drop the text file under
 %SRCDIR%/licenses and modify the 'licenseFile' function in
 Distribution.Client.Init.hs).

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Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/849
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