Why is there a cabal file at all?

[Marc Weber]

> >> Remember: Cabal isn't only the build infrastructure, it's also the
> >> metadata format that tools like Hackage use. If you decide to combine data
> >> and code, you will no longer be able to manipulate the data with another
> >> tool.
> Visual Haskell, HackageDB, cabal2rpm, and dh_haskell are all tools
> that read the .cabal file and perform operations based on the package
> metadata.  These tools would have to be Haskell interpreters if they
> wanted to read a .hs file and derive the package description from
> that.
Then the way to go would be:
add a target "create-editor-readable-package-description".
So still now reason to do this work on your own..

This is not really a pro for cabal files IMHO.

	Marc