Re: Leksah packaging open questions
Hi Joachim,
> Judging from the ticket, I see no indication that the patch was accepted
> yet, and darcs changes --repo http://darcs.haskell.org/packages/process/
> does not list it.
Well, we have submitted it. I will query about inclusion.
> Please understand that we want software that builds with unmodified
> versions of compilers and base libraries in Debian.
We have neither modified the compiler, nor base packages.
> Maybe it would make more sense to host Debian packages for leksah on
> leksah.org first? Is one of you, Jürgen or Hamish, using Debian himself?
> Or maybe you know of interested Leksah users on Debian? In that case I’d
> provide you with the initial packaging and you can then build and
> distribute the built packages yourself until it is ready for inclusion
> in Debian proper. I’d prefer not to do this myself, but I’ll be happy to
> help and guide whoever wants to maintain such unofficial packages.
I'd prefer as well if someone else would do this.
> Greetings,
> Joachim
>
> PS: Maybe someone else on DHG feels like taking care of such packages
> and working with the Leskah team? Think about it: Releasing package
> without waiting for a DD to upload them :-)
Seeing your vain personality as "DD", I understand why Debian Haskell
Packages are always this outdated and unusable :-)
Jürgen
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