Cabal, Haddock, and the location of documentation - from Matthias Kilian

[Isaac Potoczny-Jones]

Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2007 22:23:25 +0200
 > From: Matthias Kilian <kili at outback.escape.de>
 > To: Duncan Coutts <duncan.coutts at worc.ox.ac.uk>
 > Cc: cabal-devel at haskell.org
 > Message-ID: <20070708202325.GA13943 at petunia.outback.escape.de>
 > Subject: Re: [Haskell] Cabal, Haddock, and the location of documentation
 >
 > 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