On Wed, 2007-10-24 at 09:03 -0400, John D. Ramsdell wrote:

Duncan Coutts writes:

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The design choice is that the Cabal package is the unit of distribution. Of course what one sees as a system may well consist of multiple interdependent packages.

I think developers want support for developing and distributing systems as a unit.

I think I'm claiming that developers want support for developing systems as a unit but distribution can be as a collection of components rather than as a unit. Then using a package manager or cabal-install a user can pull in the components they need, including pulling in their dependencies automatically. Duncan