[Hackage] #849: [PATCH] Store licenses in text files instead of code.

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#849: [PATCH] Store licenses in text files instead of code.
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  Reporter:  refold              |        Owner:      
      Type:  enhancement         |       Status:  new 
  Priority:  normal              |    Milestone:      
 Component:  cabal-install tool  |      Version:  HEAD
  Severity:  normal              |     Keywords:      
Difficulty:  unknown             |   Ghcversion:      
  Platform:                      |  
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Comment(by refold):

 ELF equivalent of `windres` is [http://ktown.kde.org/~frerich/elfrc.html
 elfrc].

 If we choose to implement resource file support, it should be also
 available to the users of Cabal. I propose the following interface:

    * A `resource-files:` field in the `.cabal` file
    * An auto-generated `Resources_$packagename.hs` file of the following
 form:

 {{{
 foreign import ccall "&" _imgdata :: CString

 imgdata :: CStringLen
 imgdata = (_imgdata, 405585)

 [...]
 }}}

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