[m-dev.] Fwd: sourcing foreign code

[Michael Richter]

Oops.  Forgot to add the list to this.

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From: Michael Richter <ttmrichter at gmail.com>
Date: 26 February 2014 15:26
Subject: Re: [m-dev.] sourcing foreign code
To: Paul Bone <paul at bone.id.au>


On 26 February 2014 11:56, Paul Bone <paul at bone.id.au> wrote:

> If we wanted those kinds of features then we might as well create a
> configuration/project file-format that tells mmc --make how to build a
> program.  Similar to a .cabal file for Haskell (Yes, Cabal has many
> problems
> and no I don't want to copy their bugs).


As a *build* tool Cabal is fine.  It's as a package and dependency manager
that Cabal is absolute rubbish.


> This is related to package
> management which we're working towards slowly.  We can re-consider it when
> designing/implementing other package management features.
>

Building, packaging and dependencies are three separate concerns and should
be dealt with separately using separate utilities.

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