#426: .cabal files should be stored next to tarballs, potentially overriding in- tarball version ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: claus | Owner: Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: cabal-install tool | Version: 1.6.0.1 Severity: normal | Keywords: Difficulty: normal | Ghcversion: 6.8.3 Platform: | ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Changes (by duncan): * component: Cabal library => cabal-install tool Comment: We have discussed a similar idea that the .cabal file from the hackage index should override the one in the package itself, thus allowing the .cabal file to be patched after the tarball is released. -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/426#comment:1 Hackage http://haskell.org/cabal/ Hackage: Cabal and related projects