cabal new-build is a package manager
An old article I occasionally see cited today is Repeat after me: "Cabal is not a Package Manager". Many of the complaints don't apply to cabal-install 1.24's new Nix-style local builds. Let's set the record straight. Fact: cabal new-build doesn't handle non-Haskell dependencies OK, so this is one thing that hasn't changed since Ivan's article. […]