I am just a user, but imho when two forces are willing to join forces it shouldn't be dismiss too easily. (it might be justified in this case though)
Anyway, I don't think Thomas argues about the technical details, but he just want more cooperation, communication. We all agree this is a good thing, right? His post is a favor to us, I think, because it is the door to official Arch and possibly making the state of Haskell in Arch better for everyone. On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 6:28 AM, Xyne <[email protected]> wrote: > Thomas Dziedzic wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I recently found out arch-haskell has completely split from using > archlinux. > > I was wondering what your future plans are for arch-haskell as you > > have become a completely separate entity. (providing all your own > > packages) > > I expressed in a previous mail that I would like to work together > > rather than having you guys split off from arch completely, but that > > is your choice. > > > > I also read some mails on this ml about getting official status. > > Splitting off completely and not communicating your intentions with me > > is not going to get you an official status if that is your intention. > > Instead, communication and coordination with me is crucial for that to > > have any chance. > > > > I am still for working together, but we need to start talking if you > > also want to work together. > > Otherwise, I wish this community the very best of luck if you choose > > to completely split. > > > > Cheers! > > > Hi, > > Haskell packages require topological rebuilds and that always seems to > cause > problems when a rebuild needs to be coordinated across 3+ repos with even > more > packagers. The recent updates have left several users in dependency hell > and > unable to upgrade their systems. > > In theory you could put all of the packages either in [extra] or in > [community] > to more easily manage the rebuilds, but no one with access to those repos > is > going to do that (the tools aren't in place, and getting them in place > would > be an uphill battle). > > Besides, it really makes sense to have them in a separate Haskell repo. > They > form a large set of related packages, and they require highly coordinated > rebuilds. > > Magnus has both the skills and motivation to maintain such a repo. Official > status or not, the goal is to provide working packages for the user and > this > will do just that. > > The redundancy with [extra] and [community] is unfortunate, but ideally the > devs would realize that this approach is optimal and support this repo. > Redundant packages could then be removed from other repos. > > Please don't see this as stepping on your toes. Try to see the benefits of > this > approach and support it as it will vastly improve the end-user experience > for > all Archers who use Haskell. > > Regards, > Xyne > > > > _______________________________________________ > arch-haskell mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/arch-haskell >
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