January 2011 - arch-haskell

AUR Comment for haskell-template-haskell
by simons＠cryp.to 16 Jan '11

16 Jan '11

from http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=19699 pdxleif wrote: This package can be dropped, it is provided by GHC (unless someone wants a version more recent than Haskell Platform). --- If you no longer wish to receive notifications about this package, please go the the above package page and click the UnNotify button.

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AUR Comment for haskell-unix
by simons＠cryp.to 16 Jan '11

16 Jan '11

from http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=21722 pdxleif wrote: This package is can be dropped, it is provided in this version by GHC. --- If you no longer wish to receive notifications about this package, please go the the above package page and click the UnNotify button.

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AUR Comment for haskell-haskell98
by simons＠cryp.to 16 Jan '11

16 Jan '11

from http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=19698 magus wrote: Yes, haskell98 is provided by GHC, but the haskell98 package on Hackage has a more recent version, so I'm not sure that it being bundled with GHC is reason enough to delete the package. At least not until the team of maintainers has decided exactly how to deal with this situation. --- If you no longer wish to receive notifications about this package, please go the the above package page and click the UnNotify button.

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The irony of it all
by Magnus Therning 16 Jan '11

16 Jan '11

I'm currently so completely irritated and annoyed that I had better not comment on this. I'll just post the link to the changeset that highlights the irony of the last few days' discussions: https://github.com/archhaskell/habs/commit/ba6f8fed84ed8bb2b48897ec868b5292… /M -- Magnus Therning OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4 email: magnus(a)therning.org jabber: magnus(a)therning.org twitter: magthe http://therning.org/magnus

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AUR Comment for haskell-haskell98
by simons＠cryp.to 16 Jan '11

16 Jan '11

from http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=19698 pdxleif wrote: I believe this package can be dropped, it's provided by GHC. --- If you no longer wish to receive notifications about this package, please go the the above package page and click the UnNotify button.

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AUR Comment for haskell-digest
by simons＠cryp.to 15 Jan '11

15 Jan '11

from http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=23078 frabjous wrote: Thanks for your advice. I was having more trouble with this today, but following your advice in your last comment fixed the problem. Thanks again. --- If you no longer wish to receive notifications about this package, please go the the above package page and click the UnNotify button.

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AUR Comment for haskell-haskore
by simons＠cryp.to 15 Jan '11

15 Jan '11

from http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=20383 magus wrote: The package isn't *out-of-date* just because it has unsatisfied dependencies! --- If you no longer wish to receive notifications about this package, please go the the above package page and click the UnNotify button.

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AUR Comment for haskell-haskore
by simons＠cryp.to 15 Jan '11

15 Jan '11

from http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=20383 magus wrote: After some recent *major* changes in the ArchHaskell project this package is now "unsupported", at least for the moment. palmfron, do you want us to orphan the packages (this and its broken dependencies) so you can take them over? Alternatively you could opt to get involved in the ArchHaskell project (this is what *I* would prefer ;-). Let us know what you would prefer. --- If you no longer wish to receive notifications about this package, please go the the above package page and click the UnNotify button.

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New README with goals and other info
by Magnus Therning 15 Jan '11

15 Jan '11

In an attempt to better define what it is we are trying to achieve I've re-written the README. Please read and comment on it before I upload it. *********************************************************** The Haskell ABS tree for ArchLinux ================================== This project contains a tree of ArchLinux PKGBUILDs that's used to compile a binary repository of Haskell packages. If you'd like to use that repository, then append the following two lines at the end of your `/etc/pacman.conf` file: [haskell] Server = http://andromeda.kiwilight.com/$repo/$arch If you'd like to build the repository on your own machine, then please make sure that the `devtools` package is installed, and then run the `./makeworld` script that's included in this directory. The script will create a clean ArchLinx installation in a chroot environment at `/var/tmp/chroot-${arch}`, where `${arch}` is either `i686` or `x86_64`, depending on your hardware. It is also possible to cross-compile the i686 repository on 64-bit machines by running the script as follows: `setarch i686 ./makeworld`. The ArchHaskell project ======================= Our main goal is to maintain a binary repository of up-to-date packages taken form [hackageDB][1]. To achieve this we also maintain three repositories of tools, libraries, and scripts: * [cabal2arch][2] is the central tool which converts a CABAL file into a PKGBUILD, and optionally a `.install`. * [archlinux][3] is the main dependency of `cabal2arch`. * [archlinux-web][4] contains a library and a set of scripts that help with various web-related tasks such as updating the information on [hackageDB][1] on what versions of packages that are available for ArchLinux. All discussion around our HABS tree and other packages take place on the [ArchHaskell mailinglist][5]. The available packages ====================== Currently the repository contains less than 100 packages, which is less than 5% of the packages on [hackageDB][1]. We would of course like to cover 100% of [hackageDB][1], but our resources, tools and processes don't allow it yet. Chosing of the current set -------------------------- The current set of packages was chosen in a very unstructured way, and we are still discussing how to decide what packages we take on. Please get involved by joining the [mailinglist][5] is you have opinions on how we should pick the packages we provide. [1] http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/hackage.html [2] https://github.com/archhaskell/cabal2arch [3] https://github.com/archhaskell/archlinux [4] https://github.com/archhaskell/archlinux-web [5] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/arch-haskell *********************************************************** /M -- Magnus Therning OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4 email: magnus(a)therning.org jabber: magnus(a)therning.org twitter: magthe http://therning.org/magnus

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ArchLinux binary repository available for beta testing
by Peter Simons 15 Jan '11

15 Jan '11

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to gmane.comp.lang.haskell.cafe as well. Hi guys, those of you who use the ArchLinux distribution might be interested to know that a team of volunteers has put together a binary package repository that complements the set of Haskell packages that's already being distributed by ArchLinux. Subscribers of that repository can use Pacman to install all of Haskell Platform 2010.2.0.0 as well as a few other popular packages such as bnfc, hledger, pandoc, sifflet, and yesod on both i686 and x86_64. If you want to use the repository, then append the following two lines at the end of your /etc/pacman.conf file: [haskell] Server = http://andromeda.kiwilight.com/$repo/$arch Please be aware of the fact that this is the very first public announcement of this repository, so you should consider it as being in a kind of beta state. Basically, if your Linux machine is responsible for controlling some large nuclear power plant or something, you probably shouldn't be using this. Everyone else is encouraged to try it out. If you encounter problems, have questions, or would like to make suggestions, then please raise an issue at <https://github.com/archhaskell/habs/issues>. Of course, you're also welcome to provide feedback by posting to the haskell-cafe mailing list or to arch-haskell(a)haskell.org. Many people have contributed to this effort in one way or another. Don Stewart originally wrote the cabal2arch tool that is being used to generate the HABS tree on which this repository is based. Rémy Oudompheng has extended that tool and the underlying ArchLinux library significantly, and he has also written most of the build system that's being used to compile the binary packages. Magnus Therning has compiled all the x86_64 binaries. The i686 binaries were compiled by Yours Truely. Kaiting Chen is kindly hosting the repository on his server. Furthermore, there are many other people who have submitted bug reports, suggestions, and fixes by way of AUR. Have fun, Peter

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