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Bug#567632: ITP: haskell-qio -- a language for defining quantum computations



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


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