[Bug 911725] ghc-ghc-devel not required?

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Product: Fedora
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=911725

--- Comment #4 from fedvasu <vadie.developer at gmail.com> ---
(In reply to comment #2)
> (In reply to comment #0) 
> > this package takes up too much space (~ 240 MB installed) 
> > and 34 MB
> 
> Then don't install it. :)
> 
> > Expected results:
> > should not install ghc-ghc-devel package as part of base install.
> 
> If you don't want ghc-ghc* installed then you can just
> install the ghc-devel (ghc-libraries) metapackage instead.
> 
> > This is what Jens wrote : "
> > > Maybe we really want the ghc base package to be a meta package
> > > that pulls in "everything" to make the initial install friendlier
> > > for newcomers.
> > 
> > Ok, ghc-7.0.4-36.fc17 should provide a base metapackage
> > which installs all of ghc (ghc-compiler and ghc-devel).
> > So in future if you install ghc you will have a working
> > QuickCheck, etc out of the box.  
> > "
> 
> > by adding
> > ghc-ghc-devel, we have internals/implementation of ghc as static library not
> > static/devel packages of quickCheck,parsec etc.
> 
> Pardon?
> 
> > but ghc-ghc-devel is going too far. Only those who hack on ghc need this
> > (specifically who want to hack on this particular version others will track
> > and program for latest git/darcs version). 
> 
> So just "yum remove ghc-ghc".
> 

uninstalling ghc-ghc-devel also gets rid of ghc package(base O MB) but then
again why should I download 34 MB if I know I am gonna uninstall it anyway ?.

I think it is natural for anyone who wants to install ghc, to do 
yum install ghc , the problem is ghc-ghc-devel is set as dependency, I can't
install ghc without ghc-ghc-devel.

I don't want to install haskell-platform, it comes with some other things,
which I don't need/want or even know how to use.

My request is simple, remove ghc-ghc-devel package from the deps of ghc. I can
live with current  deps (grudgingly :)),but would be cool if u remove some
bloat though.

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