#8244: Removing the Cabal dependency -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: nh2 | Owner: duncan Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 7.6.3 Resolution: | Keywords: Operating System: | Architecture: Unknown/Multiple Unknown/Multiple | Difficulty: Unknown Type of failure: | Blocked By: None/Unknown | Related Tickets: Test Case: | Blocking: | Differential Revisions: D172 | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by ezyang): duncan: I also realized I had another major design question about the new binary package format. In your design doc, you state that the reason we need to store Cabal's information in the binary package database is because ghc-pkg needs to be able to regurgitate the information later. However, isn't the textual files in the database intended to be the "primary" representation, in which case can't ghc-pkg just hit the actual filesystem rather than using the binary package database? Normally, I'd be indifferent, but if we can reduce the size of the binary package database that will improve GHC startup times. And it's not like we need to make sure ghc-pkg's 'describe' functionality is blazingly fast... -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8244#comment:26 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler