Add to hackage & stackage

[flip111]

Hello, i searched on hackage for this package but i couldn't find it. Would you consider adding this package to hackage? Also adding it to stackage would be nice so that it can be installed with the stack tool.

[yamadapc]

Indeed it isn't published. There're things, mostly about the C dependencies that I'm not entirely sure how to package and didn't have the time to polish. But I'd like to. I'd also like for libui itself to progress a bit before putting more work; I've to check on it. But you may use it as is with stack by adding the repository as an extra package, if I'm not wrong.

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[flip111]

Looks like a nice library 😄 I understand your reasons, would be nice to have some more exposure

[yamadapc]

Thanks... What I'd tell you is I put a non negligible amount of hours into it and I think it's (by design) aiming to be a dead simple solution for building GUIs in Haskell. That being said, with what libui currently supports, the ability to build complex production apps is really limited; right now, I'd say it's just a platform one could use to build simple GUIs instead of terminal interfaces (which I'm personally 100% for). I'm going to take a look into getting exposure and feedback on this; I'd like for it to move further. There's so much great work in the Haskell community (things like inline-obj-c) that it's tricky to feel really confident about suggesting a library to people. The n° reason I'm not working on publishing or getting exposure is that, as stated on the README, I'm not using this right now. I don't feel good about pushing something I don't use to people, so that's how it is right now. But really let's see, it's a new year 🙂

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[nh2]

That being said, with what libui currently supports, the ability to build complex production apps is really limited

@yamadapc Can you elaborate on what the limitations are that you know of? Would be very good to know.

I don't feel good about pushing something I don't use to people, so that's how it is right now.

Nonono! :) Just because you're not using something doesn't mean others would't find it hugely useful!

UI libaries in Haskel are sorely needed, please do go ahead and make the Hackage/Stackage releases.

There's no point feeling under self-pressure that something is not good enough, it may well be good enough for others' use cases. If you're explicit about whether you plan to change things a lot, nobody will complain to you to make something available before you think it's ready. 👍