Preamble - What do we mean when we say cabal?

[JonathanLorimer]

file to edit: https://github.com/haskell/cabal-userguide/blob/main/src/preamble/01_what_do_we_mean_when_we_say_cabal.md

Brief Summary

The purpose of this chapter is to clear up some of the ambiguity around the overloaded term "cabal". We at least want to cover these four terms:

• cabal-install - the cli
• Cabal - the hackage package
• cabal.project - The configuration file
• .cabal - The package specific configuration file

If there are other cabal related terms that might be confusing, this would be a good place to precisely define them, and distinguish them from other cabal related things.

Prior Art

• Kowainik Blog Post
• Haskell School Post

Resources

• cabal-install
• cabal cli
• .cabal file
• cabal.project

[srirajshukla]

I'd like to read up more about cabal, and contribute to this section of the docs.

[JonathanLorimer]

@srirajshukla Awesome! Its yours. Let me know if I can help you at all.