Hi, Am Samstag, den 30.01.2010, 16:25 +0000 schrieb Iain Lane: > On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 02:37:54PM +0100, Joachim Breitner wrote: > >Am Samstag, den 30.01.2010, 11:04 +0000 schrieb Iain Lane: > >> Package: wnpp > >> * Package name : haskell-qio > > >the usual question: Why is this hackage package suitable for inclusion > >in Debian (relevancy, support, maturity, usage)? > > It is a research library, that is true enough. It is also true that the > library will probably never have any reverse dependencies. I would like > to see Debian grow as a platform for PL research (this is also one of > the reasons behind my packaging of Agda, which is also a research > language). > > It is not true that the library is unsupported, either by upstream or by > me as Debian maintainer. > > I am packaging to aid with my own teaching and research. If others find > this useful, then that is great. I considered the risks of the package > becoming broken or unmaintained to be low enough that it is worth > including. If it emerges that it is best to remove at some point in the > future, I am not going to stop that. > > I don't know if that is good enough for you. It’s not up to me who has to decide, I’m just playing Sokrates and asking the questions :-). If you gave thought to it and think it’s a worthwhile addition to Debian, then please go for it. I hope my query did not sound discouraging. Greetigs, 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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