haskell package layout: a proposal

[Malcolm Wallace]

On 4 Dec 2010, at 06:37, Mark Lentczner wrote:

> Over on my blog, I've put up a proposal for changing the default  
> layout of installed package pieces:
>
> 	http://mtnviewmark.wordpress.com/2010/12/02/haskell-package-layout/
>
> Thoughts?

+1 for most of the proposal.

My only doubt is about executables currently in $prefix/bin, which in  
your scheme would end up in $prefix/$compiler/$pkgid/bin.  I don't  
want programs I have installed via cabal suddenly to disappear when I  
uninstall an old compiler version.  I might even want to uninstall the  
corresponding library associated with the executable, but have the  
executable continue to be available.

Regards,
     Malcolm