[arch-haskell] Fwd: gitit status update and why are deps needed for binaries

[Magnus Therning]

On 14 April 2015 at 13:51, SP <sp at orbitalfox.com> wrote:
> On 14/04/15 06:42, Magnus Therning wrote:
>> On 14 April 2015 at 02:21, Nicola Squartini <tensor5 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Solving the problem of pandoc and gitit binaries taking so much space, would
>>> require splitting the packages in two. [..]
>>
>> The reasons we don't do that sort of splitting are two:
>>
>> 1. The tool that helps with packaging `clbrepo` doesn't support it,
>> and most importantly
>
> Maybe it is a call for looking into such support. Haskell packages are
> huge! There has to be a significant population of users which want a
> lean & mean machine. It takes about 900 MiB of installation size for
> haskell-conduit. Addressing this will help with adoption.

Patches are always welcome. :)

>> 2. splitting into -bin and -dev packages, like in Debian/Ubuntu/...,
>> isn't the norm in Arch
>
> Maybe not -bin and -dev then, but something has to give. I didn't see
> anything against it in the packaging standards. We can liaise with the
> core team to find out the Arch-y way for this issue.

We don't really have to include the core team at all.  ArchHaskell
isn't an official part of Arch so we can do what we want.  However,
following the path of least surprise would suggest we don't stray too
far away from the Arch way.

/M

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