[Bug 194011] Review Request: curry - Münster Curry compiler

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Summary: Review Request: curry -  Münster Curry compiler


https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=194011





------- Additional Comments From gemi at bluewin.ch  2006-06-06 15:12 EST -------
(In reply to comment #1)
> The license seems to be essentially identical to the 3-clause BSD license, so I
> think License: BSD is appropriate here.
Ok.

> I had build failures when using parallel make; everything works fine after
> disabling parallel make.  Sure takes a while to build, though.
Ok.

> W: curry devel-file-in-non-devel-package /usr/lib64/curry/files.h
> 
> Since this is a compiler, header files are acceptable in the base package.  I
> wonder, however, if there are libraries or something that applications compiled
> by this compiler will need and if it would be reasonable to split those out to a
> separate -libs or -runtime subpackage.  I do see this massive static library: 
> 19435080 Jun  6 13:23 /usr/lib64/curry/libcurry_g.a that I suppose is simply
> linked to every application.
> 
> Now, static libs are really strongly disliked in Extras, so I'm going to need to
>  ask for some guidance here.
This is in fact similar to ghc package itself, which contains a lot
of static libraries. I think, therefore, it is ok. However you can ask
the maintainer of ghc in Extras, Jens Petersen (petersen at redhat.com),
about this.


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