<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 1:07 PM, Magnus Therning <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:magnus@therning.org">magnus@therning.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Now we have 300+ packages in [haskell]. It's starting to be a large<br>
set, and the time required to build when something changes is starting<br>
to really be felt now. So I would like to start a discussion on how we<br>
should decide what criteria to use when adding a package, and equally<br>
important, what criteria to use when dropping a package.<br>
<br>
My _impression_ is that additions have been a bit willy-nilly. Guided<br>
only by what the maintainers fancy at the moment. I also don't think<br>
that we've ever dropped a package, ever.<br>
<br>
I feel it's important to me to know that the resources I put into<br>
ArchHaskell is appreciated, and every added package increases the<br>
resources required. I therefore would like to know that each and ever<br>
package in [haskell] is there for a good reason.<br>
<br>
I feel I need to bring this up because there are a few packages in<br>
[haskell] that I suspect are there, but aren't widely used. To point<br>
fingers, the chief reason is Agda :) This is a package that has a<br>
mere 13 votes in AUR, and it takes more than an hour to build it on my<br>
laptop (about 70 minutes to be more precise). On each platform!<br></blockquote><div><br>FWIW, I could help out with builds these days, if need be. My work equipment is a new 4-core (8 w/ HT) machine w/ 8 GB RAM + SSD drive.<br>
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So, what are our options when it comes to deciding what's in and<br>
what's out? Any thoughts?<br>
<br>
Oh, and can I please drop Agda in the meantime? ;)<br>
<br>
/M<br>
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