[Pkg-haskell-commits] darcs: policy: A bit more progress

[Ian Lynagh]

Sun Jul 25 19:16:04 UTC 2004  Ian Lynagh <igloo at earth.li>
  * A bit more progress

    M ./haskell-policy.sgml -6 +39

Sun Jul 25 19:16:04 UTC 2004  Ian Lynagh <igloo at earth.li>
  * A bit more progress
diff -rN -u old-policy/haskell-policy.sgml new-policy/haskell-policy.sgml
--- old-policy/haskell-policy.sgml	2010-11-05 15:02:21.320476542 +0000
+++ new-policy/haskell-policy.sgml	2010-11-05 15:02:21.332477176 +0000
@@ -91,13 +91,14 @@
         </p>
     </chapt>
 
-    <chapt id="compilers_and_interpreters">
-        <heading>Compilers and Interpreters</heading>
+    <chapt id="implementations">
+        <heading>Haskell Implementations</heading>
+
+        <sect id="usr-bin-haskell-compiler">
+        <heading><file>/usr/bin/haskell-compiler</file></heading>
         <p>
-            XXX update-alternatives
-            XXX make this a sect
             All Haskell compilers &should; provide a
-            /usr/bin/haskell-compiler that:
+            <file>/usr/bin/haskell-compiler</file> that:
             <enumlist>
                 <item>
                     If given an argument <var>x</var><tt>.hs</tt> or
@@ -149,8 +150,32 @@
         </p>
 
         <p>
-            Register with haskell-utils XXX
+            If a package provides <file>/usr/bin/haskell-compiler</file>
+            then this &must; compile programs according to the
+            <url id="http://www.haskell.org/definition/"
+                 name="Haskell 98 Report (Revised) and Approved Addenda">.
+        </p>
+
+        <p>
+            If a compiler does provide a
+            <file>/usr/bin/haskell-compiler</file> then it &must; use
+            the alternatives system to do so.
+            It &must; also provide a manpage
+            <file>/usr/share/man/man1/haskell-compiler.1.gz</file> as a
+            slave. {XXX is this right? Should a manpage with the info
+            above be provided by haskell-utils or somesuch?}.
+            The priority used by packages providing a
+            <file>/usr/bin/haskell-compiler</file> should be agreed by
+            concensus on the &mailinglist;.
+        </p>
+        </sect>
+
+        <sect id="haskell-utils">
+        <heading><prgn>haskell-utils</prgn></heading>
+        <p>
+            Register with <prgn>haskell-utils</prgn> XXX
         </p>
+        </sect>
     </chapt>
 
     <chapt id="libraries">
@@ -160,6 +185,14 @@
             compilation) possibility.
         </p>
     </chapt>
+
+    <chapt id="programs">
+        <heading>Haskell Programs</heading>
+        <p>
+            Names. Compiler deps. Mention alternate (install time
+            compilation) possibility.
+        </p>
+    </chapt>
 </book>
 </debiandoc>