patch applied (cabal): "Describe benchmark sections in the user guide"

[Johan Tibell]

On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 7:09 PM, Conrad Parker <conrad at metadecks.org> wrote:

> (I wish this project was in git so I could just reply to the patch inline
> ;-)
>
> Regarding this comment in the docs:
>
> +For brevity, the example package
> +does not include a library or any normal executables, but a real package
> would
> +be required to have at least one library or executable.
>
> is there a technical reason for requiring that the package contain
> some other library or executable? It seems like it would be useful to
> allow benchmark-only packages that eg. provide a benchmark of some
> task that ties together two other library packages (st. the benchmark
> wouldn't naturally fit into either of those packages), or shootout
> submissions etc.


It made sense when executables and libraries where the only possible
sections, but it might not make sense anymore.

Duncan, is this a technical or policy restriction?

-- Johan
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