Distutils Metadata¶
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Describe DistutilsMetadata here.
= See also =
See cabal (the “haskell distutils”) for an example
http://www.haskell.org/cabal/release/cabal-latest/doc/users-guide/authors.html#pkg-descr
There is a setup.hs to drive the build/installation, and a .cabal file for the metadata. It looks like simple packages can get away with only the simple, static .cabal file + a trivial setup.hs. For things which cannot be defined statically (system dependent options, etc…), there are hooks, which are implemented in setup.hs.