Hi, Am Dienstag, den 18.08.2009, 15:47 +0200 schrieb Ketil Malde: > > And when it comes to packaging applications that use > > the platform, we could just replace this dependency in the cabal > > file by the libraries that are actually used. (Which we probably > > should do in any case). > > Yes, I don't think applications should depend on the platform - unless > the platform starts to be distributed as a single entity upstream. hmm, I was somehow expecting to see "build-depends: platfrom" in .cabal files soon. If that is not going to be the case, then having anything more than a convenience meta package in Debian is probably overkill. > But I do think that any distribution should strive to provide the > libraries contained in the platform, and once you do, I see no good > argument about providing a metapackage pulling them all in. „no good argument against“? Or am I misunderstanding you here? Greetings, Joachim -- Joachim "nomeata" Breitner Debian Developer nomeata@debian.org | ICQ# 74513189 | GPG-Keyid: 4743206C JID: nomeata@joachim-breitner.de | http://people.debian.org/~nomeata
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