Can anyone explain why, now that we have cabal and therefore package
installation is just a short "cabal install X" away do we need
distribution specific binary packages?
I personally prefer my hackage packages freshly cooked ...
titto
On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 3:52 AM, Ariel J. Birnbaum
Pray tell, what kind of feats are expected of such a champion?
No answer. I guess my failed attempt at chivalrous-sounding wit killed the message. I'll rephrase:
Does the job consist of: Maintaining an independent repository of Haskell packages configured and compiled for the current (probably also in-development) version of Ubuntu? Getting (some of) these packages added into the distro itself? Tracking bug reports, routing them upstream when appropriate? Submitting patches upstream?
Is it something "anyone" can do or would one need "official" ties to Ubuntu (e.g a MOTU)?
Also, how much exposure to the packages' source would it imply? My employer is rather paranoid about its coders being "contaminated" by third-party code =P.
While I'm asking --- maybe we should target Debian first/also/instead?
Cheers -- Ariel J. Birnbaum
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