From 8777dc2e55068ac6472a4975ef70ceef644407be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joey Hess Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2015 11:35:06 -0400 Subject: comment --- ...ent_1_00a865bf7977c0e49f54a365f4b60ce8._comment | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/todo/publish_propellor_as_library_to_hackage/comment_1_00a865bf7977c0e49f54a365f4b60ce8._comment diff --git a/doc/todo/publish_propellor_as_library_to_hackage/comment_1_00a865bf7977c0e49f54a365f4b60ce8._comment b/doc/todo/publish_propellor_as_library_to_hackage/comment_1_00a865bf7977c0e49f54a365f4b60ce8._comment new file mode 100644 index 00000000..8d56f0f1 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/todo/publish_propellor_as_library_to_hackage/comment_1_00a865bf7977c0e49f54a365f4b60ce8._comment @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="joey" + subject="""comment 1""" + date="2015-02-28T15:01:24Z" + content=""" +Unusual as it is for propellor's configuration git repo to include the full +source code to propellor, I like this approach. It lets users change any +existing property that is not generic enough, or makes assumptions they +don't like, or needs porting to their OS of choice. + +But still, propellor is +[on hackage](http://hackage.haskell.org/package/propellor), as +a library. It can be used that way if you want to. + +I don't think that any of propellor's code cares how it's distributed, +except for src/wrapper.hs (which cabal will install as +~/.cabal/bin/propellor), which sets up the ~/.propellor/ repository. You +can bypass using that wrapper if you like, and cabal install propellor and +create your own ~/.propellor/ repository containing only your own +config.hs, and build and use propellor that way. + +Where that approach becomes a problem is that propellor --spin currently +relies on propellor's Makefile being in the repository, when bootstrapping +propellor on a remote host. So you'll need to include a copy of that in +your repo for --spin to work. I'd like to get rid of the need for the +Makefile. (Only the build and deps targets are used by --spin.) +"""]] -- cgit v1.2.3