package mounting

[Simon Marlow]

On 29 June 2005 12:56, Benjamin Franksen wrote:

> On Tuesday 28 June 2005 11:30, Simon Marlow wrote:
>> So our story for portability is that code which is intended to
>> compile on more than one system must travel with its dependencies,
>> where those dependencies include which packages (and versions) the
>> code requires and which compiler options are required to compile it.
>> All this information is stored in the .cabal file, so code is
>> portable if it is a Cabal package.  Grafting locations fit into this
>> scheme nicely.
> 
> Yes. Nevertheless, I agree with Frederik that the package should only
> provide a default location in the module name space. I want to be able
> to override this default with a compiler flag, and possibly also in
> the .cabal file for the client application.

Absolutely - sorry for introducing unnecessary confusion.  In the
paragraph you quoted above, I was referring to the grafting locations of
the *dependencies*, not the package itself.

Cheers,
	Simon