[Nix-dev] [Nix-Dev] Packaging a Haskell project using Stack

Profpatsch mail at profpatsch.de
Thu Oct 13 21:19:59 CEST 2016


On 16-10-12 10:56am, Sergey Mironov wrote:
> Stack toolset seems to going in the direction of replacing .cabal
> entirely. Among other steps, it provides 'hpack' tool which is in fact
> a .yaml parser, a replacement for good old .cabals.

Great, I’m looking forward to a completely destroyed Haskell ecosystem.

> More, it supports
> project hierarchies, making it possible to specify one .yaml file
> describing several .cabal-like projects. This approach has its
> benefits, so there are users who chose it instead of traditional
> cabal.

Cabal supports that too, cabal new-build.

> The question is basically How to do it?

Be no jerk, create cabal files.

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