Re: registering packages in ghc using a directory of package files

Duncan Coutts wrote:

Attached is the current patch I'm testing.

I think I've said in the past that in principle I like the idea. I'll commit your patch. In terms of making this a feature we advertise in the documentation, I think we could tweak the details a bit. I had in mind allowing -package-conf to specify either a directory or a file, with the obvious interpretation. Also, with your patch, each file in package.conf.d contains a list of packages. Having just a single package per file seems cleaner, unless you have a good reason to want the possibility for multiples. I realise this means wider-ranging changes. Cheers, Simon