[Haskell-cafe] Saving changes to cabal config in cabal-dev

[Yitzchak Gale]

Thanks for the fantastic cabal-dev tool!

Is there any convenient way to save changes to the
package-specific cabal config file in cabal-dev?

When I make changes to cabal-dev/cabal.config,
cabal-dev seems to scribble over them next time
I run it.

The only solution I have found so far is to run
cabal-dev install once (ignoring the errors) to create
the cabal-dev directory and cabal.config, make a
copy of cabal.config with a different name, edit it
as needed, and then use a long-winded
"--config=..." option for every subsequent run
cabal-dev.

The changes I need to make are as follows:

- remote-repo-cache is wrong for Mac OS X
- add more remote-repo lines for our local
  yackage servers.

Note that the first is global, so it would be nice
to have a way to make that change once globally
for all packages. Whereas the second is, in
general, package specific.

We find local yackage servers much simpler to use
and far more powerful than using add-source.
You can organize packages by project, team,
specific developers, etc.

Thanks,
Yitz