On Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 07:54:02AM -0700, David Roundy wrote:
cabal-install may help, but what I'd really want is packaging in debian. That's my (biased, because I used debian) standard of a "maintained, useful library." It's obviously a biased standard, but it isn't too hard for a package to get into debian, and if it *does* get into debian, it suggests someone cares about it. I don't like requiring obscure packages that perhaps have no code review, and perhaps have no users other than the author.
I'm hoping that at some point we will have something similar to http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?introduction=yes where for questions like "how do I import graphics" and "what should I use to write a letter" particular packages are recommended, and reasons for choosing one over another are given. I've found this invaluable when doing LaTeX stuff. Thanks Ian