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Re: haskell-debian vs. newest HaXml



Hi Jeremy,

Am Dienstag, den 08.09.2009, 19:33 -0500 schrieb Jeremy Shaw:
> I can update Debian.Report to build against the newer HaXml now that  
> it is available in sid.

Thanks.

> The debian directory in Debain is what we use to build -- so it "works  
> for us".

Do you use a modified hlibrary.mk, with patches to install binaries in
the correct location? I think the inclusion of that was stalled during
discussion.

For an inclusion in Debian, I think one would have to re-think the
package split. I’d put all binaries in one package, to keep the Debian
package namespace less polluted. If anything then two packages
(cabal-debian and the_others) should be sufficient.

apt-get-build-depends depends on haskell-utils, haskell-cdbs. The former
is obsolete and the latter not in Debian. This needs adjustment.

I see that neither you nor David is a member of the Debian Haskell Group
at https://alioth.debian.org/projects/pkg-haskell/. Not sure if this was
discussed before: Did you consider joining the group and maintaining the
package here? (If not, that’s ok, I’m sure someone else will pick up the
package).

> There are other libraries and apps that depend on extra, though I am  
> not sure if any are headed for sid at the moment. If packaging Extra  
> is a big issue, the Debian library only depends on a couple small  
> functions. We could copy those functions over. It's unlikely we would  
> remember to apply any future bug fixes or updates in both locations  
> though. So, we will need to add comments reminding us..

I wouldn’t call the issue big, but it definitely is an issue: Two
packages going through main, proper buildd queuing to be taken care of
etc. I’m happy to see Extra in Debian once there is actually code shared
by several packages in it, of course. For now, I’d appreciate if you’d
copy the functions over. It will definitely speed up inclusion in
Debian.

Greetings,
Joachim
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