Cabal Specification Drafted

Malcolm Wallace proposes the 'Common Architecture for Building Applications and Libraries' (Cabal) specification, outlining a standardized way to describe Haskell packages and their dependencies.

Significance

This laid the foundational blueprint for a unified build system, offering a conceptual framework for solving Haskell's packaging problems.

Key facts

Date
2003-05-01
Type
invention
Location
Online (Haskell mailing lists)