Hi, On Wed, 2021-06-02 at 16:48 -0500, Tim Mooney via oi-dev wrote: > In regard to: [oi-dev] PR #184: Support for epub and pandoc version...: > > > We do not have a pandoc package for OI > > which would ease the problem. However, pandoc is big and it might not be > > trivial > > to > > create such a package for OI. > > Size isn't going to be the most difficult issue here. By 'size' I was referring to the numerous components and effort. Moreover, I think a package for Haskell (and many other components) would be more important than pandoc itself.
> It appears that pandoc is written in Haskell and uses a Haskell-specific > (?) build system. AFAICT, OI doesn't currently have a Haskell package. > > My experience with Haskell ends at the meme level. Speaking only for > myself, while it is possible to build and package a language interpreter > (or compiler) for a language I do not speak or use, it always makes the > packaging process much more difficult. I recall that it was a pain to get it on Debian. > Do you use Haskell for other projects? Even having someone that can > reliably test an experimental package and offer feedback increases the > likelihood of getting the package into a usable state. I'm afraid that I do not use Haskell and I would not have enough experience to install the Haskell Platform. > Tim Sorry Benny _______________________________________________ oi-dev mailing list [email protected] https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/oi-dev
