[Fwd: Re: [Haskell] Cabal, Haddock, and the location of documentation]

[Duncan Coutts]

-------- Forwarded Message --------
> From: Matthias Kilian <kili at outback.escape.de>
> To: Duncan Coutts <duncan.coutts at worc.ox.ac.uk>
> Cc: cabal-devel at haskell.org
> Subject: Re: [Haskell] Cabal, Haddock, and the location of
> documentation
> Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2007 22:23:25 +0200
> 
> On Sun, Jul 08, 2007 at 06:22:43PM +0100, Duncan Coutts wrote:
> > I think it'd be perfectly reasonable to follow the lead of autoconf here
> > and have slightly finer grained control with respect to the kinds of
> > files we're installing. Autoconf distinguishes docs (and various kinds
> > of docs, html, ps, pdf, man etc) from the generic datadir.
> > 
> > So yes, if you want to extend cabal in this direction I'm happy to
> > review patches.
> 
> Ok, I'll give it a try, but it'll take a while (a week or two).
> First I've to get all the OpenBSD ports updated (including horrible
> workarounds for the missing docdir option). Everything else would
> be maintainance hell for me ;-)
> 
> Anyway, what are the requirements/whishes?
> 
> - Just docdir, maybe htmlsubdir or haddocksubdir
> - Or docdir and separate htmldir / haddockdir
> - Something more flexible
> 
> Ciao,
> 	Kili