[Hackage] #289: symlink binaries into ~/bin

[Hackage]

#289: symlink binaries into ~/bin
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  Reporter:  duncan              |        Owner:                     
      Type:  enhancement         |       Status:  new                
  Priority:  normal              |    Milestone:  Cabal-1.4          
 Component:  cabal-install tool  |      Version:                     
  Severity:  normal              |   Resolution:                     
  Keywords:                      |   Difficulty:  very easy (<1 hour)
Ghcversion:  6.8.2               |     Platform:                     
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Comment (by duncan):

 Replying to [comment:3 Isaac Dupree]:

 Most distros set things up so that `~/bin` is in the `$PATH` by default
 (if it exists).

 Why would you want unversioned names under `~/.cabal/bin` if that is not
 on your `$PATH` ?

 I don't think we should ignore a `~/bin` just because it is a symlink.
 Users who don't want the feature can easily turn it off in the
 `~/.cabal/config`.

 I'm not sure what you mean about trampling, we're being pretty careful not
 to trample anything. By default we only touch `~/.cabal` and are careful
 with setting symlinks in `~/bin` so that we do not overwrite anything
 created by the user or any other program.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/289#comment:4>
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