At Wed, 31 May 2006 10:30:14 -0700, Isaac Jones wrote:

I haven't had a chance to look at this, but could you explain to the list what it does? Like, we already have dh_haskell, does it use dh_haskell? Is it a set of debian/ files that are suitable for Haskell libs?

I would describe it as a 'reference package' or 'best practices' for using cabal + dh_haskell. In my experience, people are going to try to cabalize+debianize a package by copying a pre-existing package. So I figure we should provide a canonical reference package that "does it right".

It contains the extra files you would need to take a non-cabalized, non-debianized haskell library, and cabalize and debianize it. You could use this either as a starting point for a library you are about to write, or you could copy the parts you need in order to package a pre-existing library.

The following sample files are provided:

./Makefile ./debian ./debian/control ./debian/rules ./debian/changelog ./debian/compat ./debian/haskell-package-doc.docs ./debian/copyright ./Setup.hs ./Package.cabal

I believe that in most cases you can adapt the sample files to a specific haskell library using these steps (which are included in the repository):

(1) Rename Package.cabal to YourPackage.cabal (2) Edit YourPackage.cabal (3) update debian/copyright (4) edit debian/control and: (a) change occurances 'package' to 'yourpackage' (b) modify the 'Description' fields (c) add any extra Build-Depends (5) edit debian/changelog

Documentation Generation Steps:

(6) Edit Makefile and change the 'doc' target as necessary - by default it just attempts to build Haddock documentation (7) rename debian/haskell-package-doc.docs to debian/haskell-yourpackage-doc.docs (8) edit the contents of haskell-yourpackage-doc.docs if neccessary

The above steps obviously assume you are familar with cabal and debian.

j.