[Fedora-haskell-list] dropping ghc_lib_package and ghc_binlib_package?

[Jens Petersen]

So this will allow us to add extra files to base or devel package if necesssary, is that right? 


Yep, that's right - back to "normal" packaging. :) 
So for example you can just add docdir files with %doc as normal, etc. 


Currently there is actually a problem with our binlib packages' doc files: 
we're duplicating docdir content across the base package and base lib package 
which is a bit naughty and actually not allowed under the packaging guidelines I believe. 
This change should also allow us to fix that more easily. 
It is partly Cabal's "fault" for not linking binlib binaries with own library: 
ie xmonad is not linked against ghc-xmonad unfortunately. The common 
but tedious practice is to have a -common subpackage to host the shared doc files - 
we should probably go that way until can't persuade Cabal to change... 


Jens 
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