great. Can you just do the merge? You are hereby appointed an "accredited wiki maintainer"! | -----Original Message----- | From: glasgow-haskell-users-bounces@haskell.org [mailto:glasgow-haskell-users- | bounces@haskell.org] On Behalf Of Jost Berthold | Sent: 17 September 2008 14:49 | To: Mitchell, Neil | Cc: Jost Berthold; glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org; Simon Peyton-Jones | Subject: RE: Adding (some) libraries to a GHC tree | | Mitchell, Neil wrote: | > Hi | > | > The paragraph in the new page is better than the old one, but it makes | > sense to have the information in only one place. When looking for the | > information "getting the sources" didn't occur to me as a description of | > how to get any extra libraries (although on reflection, I'm surprised I | > didn't try it). | > | > Thanks | > | > Neil | | Hi everybody, | | all of you are right! :) The information I have added should definitely be | close to where --extra is explained. However, the overlap is not that big: | "Getting more packages" talks about getting a 'package of packages', all | extras in one go. What I added is information about not getting | everything, but exactly the few lib.s which you miss. | (another question is, how many people would want that...) | | As a result: I suggest my paragraph should be put right below the | explanation of darcs --extra, perhaps shortened accordingly. | The only reason I made it a (tiny) new page is that I saw the extra | section "contributed doc.", so I thought I should put my contribution here | to be moved into more "official" pages by other wiki maintainers (i.e. | Neil in this case) later. | | Jost | | | >> -----Original Message----- | >> From: Simon Peyton-Jones [mailto:simonpj@microsoft.com] | >> Sent: 17 September 2008 1:40 pm | >> To: Mitchell, Neil; Jost Berthold | >> Cc: glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org | >> Subject: RE: Adding (some) libraries to a GHC tree | >> | >> good stuff -- but with a big overlap with the "Getting more | >> packages" section in | >> http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Building/GettingTheSo | >> urces. Do you agree? Would it be possible to merge your new | >> paragraphs into the existing page? | >> | >> If the existing page is too big and hard to navigate we could | >> break it up. | >> | >> | >> S | >> | -----Original Message----- | >> | From: glasgow-haskell-users-bounces@haskell.org | >> | [mailto:glasgow-haskell-users- bounces@haskell.org] On Behalf Of | >> | Mitchell, Neil | >> | Sent: 17 September 2008 10:50 | >> | To: Jost Berthold | >> | Cc: glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org | >> | Subject: RE: Adding (some) libraries to a GHC tree | >> | | >> | Hi Jost, | >> | | >> | Many thanks, that's perfect. | >> | | >> | I moved the page to | >> | http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Building/AddingLibs , and | >> | referenced it from http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Building | >> | | >> | Thanks | >> | | >> | Neil | >> | | >> | > -----Original Message----- | >> | > From: Jost Berthold [mailto:berthold@Mathematik.Uni-Marburg.de] | >> | > Sent: 17 September 2008 10:36 am | >> | > To: Mitchell, Neil | >> | > Cc: glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org | >> | > Subject: Adding (some) libraries to a GHC tree | >> | > | >> | > Hi Neil, | >> | > | >> | > You can manually add any package which is listed in | >> | > http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/DarcsRepositories | >> | > by getting it (with darcs), directly into the /libraries | >> subdirectory. | >> | > When you later use darcs-all, the added library will be included | >> | > when pulling new changes etc. | >> | > | >> | > I have added a wiki page to explain this: | >> | > http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/AddingLibsToBuild | >> | > (feel free to remove it and add the material to a more convenient | >> | > place) | >> | > | >> | > HTH | >> | > Jost | >> | > | >> | > | >> | > | >> | | >> | | >> ====================================================================== | >> | ======== Please access the attached hyperlink for an important | >> | electronic communications disclaimer: | >> | | >> | http://www.credit-suisse.com/legal/en/disclaimer_email_ib.html | >> | | >> ====================================================================== | >> | ======== | >> | | >> | _______________________________________________ | >> | Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list | >> | Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org | >> | http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users | >> | >> | >> | > | > ============================================================================== | > Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic | > communications disclaimer: | > | > http://www.credit-suisse.com/legal/en/disclaimer_email_ib.html | > ============================================================================== | > | > | | | _______________________________________________ | Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list | Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org | http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users