15 Apr
2026
15 Apr
'26
3:14 p.m.
On Wed, Apr 15, 2026 at 11:26:26AM +0100, Simon Peyton Jones via ghc-devs wrote:
Where is the best place to read about cabal's mental model of package databases (global and local), project files. etc? Just basic things like "what is a package database" and "how does writing a minimal package definition make a sandbox that protects you from X and Y".
I found this to be quite a good survey :) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mQEpV3fYz1pHi64KTnlv8gifh9ONQ-jytk5sIHqn... Tom