Re: [PATCH 02/24] gnu: Add ghc-paths.

[ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)]

Federico Beffa <beffa@ieee.org> skribis:

> On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 10:01 AM, Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> wrote:
>>> +    (synopsis
>>> +     "Knowledge of GHC's installation directories")
>>> +    (description
>>> +     "Knowledge of GHC's installation directories.")
>>
>> Please expound a little bit.  Otherwise OK.
>
> Thanks for reviewing all of these!
>
> The problem with this and some other libraries is that the library
> doesn't have an official home-page (apart from a source repository
> which doesn't include anything other than the source). The description
> is taken one-to-one from the Cabal file and I don't really know how I
> can expand the description.

Often there’s a README or manual that gives a better overview, but yeah,
I don’t mean that you should spend another 10 hours on this.  ;-)  So if
you find a paragraph that’s clearer, that’s nice, otherwise it’s OK.

> The Cabal file of some other libraries like, e.g., ghc-network, give
> an, IMO, too detailed description (sometimes even with a code
> snippet):

Agreed, something like this one is overly detailed.

Ludo’.