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Re: Should jhc package be maintained by DHG?



Hi,

Am Sonntag, den 03.02.2013, 18:27 +0900 schrieb Kiwamu Okabe:
> Now, jhc include some haskell libraries in jhc's source code directory.
> And my jhc Debian package includes them.
> 
> $ grep "\.hl" /var/lib/dpkg/info/jhc.list
> [..]
> /usr/share/jhc-0.8/html-1.0.1.2.hl
> 
> The hl files are Haskell libraries compile with jhc.

Ok, so this corresponds to the core libraries in GHC, right?

> Today, jhc only supports above Haskell libraries.
> But someone (include me) will build and pack the other Haskell
> libraries for Debian System.
> I think they should "libjhc-foo-{dev,doc}" name space.
> Is it correct?

Yes, this sound sensible.


> I agree.
> Then I think it's good idea that GHC's and jhc's library package name
> space are isolated.
> 
> How about using "libjhc-foo-dev" as jhc's binary package name,
> and "haskelljhc-foo" as jhc's source package name.
> In future, jhc's source package name should be change into "haskell-foo",
> when jhc can share source package with GHC.

yes, that sounds reasonable. 

Or, as long as the number of libraries is small, just include it in the
jhc source tarball ist like the existing libraries.

Gruß,
Joachim

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