January 2009 - cabal-devel

patch applied (cabal-install): cabal update now reports if a newer version of cabal-install is available
by Duncan Coutts 14 Jan '09

14 Jan '09

Wed Jan 14 05:32:20 PST 2009 Duncan Coutts <duncan(a)haskell.org> * cabal update now reports if a newer version of cabal-install is available M ./Distribution/Client/Update.hs -4 +31 View patch online: http://darcs.haskell.org/cabal-install/_darcs/patches/20090114133220-adfee-…

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patch applied (cabal-install): Warn if a package index from a remote repo is 15 days or older
by Duncan Coutts 14 Jan '09

14 Jan '09

Wed Jan 14 04:48:27 PST 2009 Duncan Coutts <duncan(a)haskell.org> * Warn if a package index from a remote repo is 15 days or older For example it will print: Warning: The package list for 'hackage.haskell.org' is 16 days old. Run 'cabal update' to get the latest list of available packages. M ./Distribution/Client/IndexUtils.hs -1 +18 View patch online: http://darcs.haskell.org/cabal-install/_darcs/patches/20090114124827-adfee-…

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patch applied (cabal-install): Don't display the category in cabal list output
by Duncan Coutts 14 Jan '09

14 Jan '09

Tue Jan 13 16:35:49 PST 2009 Duncan Coutts <duncan(a)haskell.org> * Don't display the category in cabal list output It is probably not sufficiently useful to justify the space it takes. M ./Distribution/Client/List.hs -4 View patch online: http://darcs.haskell.org/cabal-install/_darcs/patches/20090114003549-adfee-…

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patch applied (cabal-install): In cabal list, always display available and installed versions
by Duncan Coutts 14 Jan '09

14 Jan '09

Tue Jan 13 16:33:29 PST 2009 Duncan Coutts <duncan(a)haskell.org> * In cabal list, always display available and installed versions Previously we omitted the line if it was not installed, or was not available. However that confused people because it was not obvious that it would list both. Now it shows something like: * foo Latest version available: 1.0 Latest version installed: [ Not installed ] M ./Distribution/Client/List.hs -6 +8 View patch online: http://darcs.haskell.org/cabal-install/_darcs/patches/20090114003329-adfee-…

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patch applied (cabal): The Read instance for License and InstalledPackageInfo is authoritative
by Duncan Coutts 14 Jan '09

14 Jan '09

Tue Jan 13 15:42:29 PST 2009 Duncan Coutts <duncan(a)haskell.org> * The Read instance for License and InstalledPackageInfo is authoritative It is ghc's optimised InstalledPackageInfo parser that needs updating. rolling back: Fri Dec 12 18:36:22 GMT 2008 Ian Lynagh <igloo(a)earth.li> * Fix Show/Read for License We were ending up with things like InstalledPackageInfo { ... license = LGPL Nothing, ... } i.e. "LGPL Nothing" rather than "LGPL", which we couldn't then read. M ./Distribution/License.hs -2 +14 M ./Distribution/License.hs -14 +2 View patch online: http://darcs.haskell.org/cabal/_darcs/patches/20090113234229-adfee-7ae05276…

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[Hackage] #413: cabal --help should report the location of the config file
by Hackage 13 Jan '09

13 Jan '09

#413: cabal --help should report the location of the config file ----------------------------------+----------------------------------------- Reporter: duncan | Owner: Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: cabal-install-0.6 Component: cabal-install tool | Version: 1.2.3.0 Severity: normal | Keywords: Difficulty: very easy (<1 hour) | Ghcversion: 6.8.3 Platform: | ----------------------------------+----------------------------------------- `cabal --help` should report the location of the config file. Perhaps we want some other info command to say what the current interesting bits of config are, like if we're doing global or per-user installs by default, where packages will be installed etc. -- Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/413> Hackage <http://haskell.org/cabal/> Hackage: Cabal and related projects

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[Hackage] #452: Improve --help. Add info about installing specific versions and the use of predicates
by Hackage 13 Jan '09

13 Jan '09

#452: Improve --help. Add info about installing specific versions and the use of predicates ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Reporter: guest | Owner: Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Cabal library | Version: 1.2.3.0 Severity: normal | Keywords: Difficulty: normal | Ghcversion: 6.8.3 Platform: | ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- It is possible to install a specific version of a package with the following syntax. cabal install <package>-<version> e.g. cabal install haskell-src-exts-0.4.3.1 However, no mention is made of this in the --help. Also, it is possible to use predicates. e.g. cabal install haskell-src- exts<=0.4 to install a particular version of a package. This should also be mentioned in the --help (along with a helpful remind to quote the ">" character with "\>" if you don't want to redirect your output in most shells! -- Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/452> Hackage <http://haskell.org/cabal/> Hackage: Cabal and related projects

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patch applied (cabal): Swap the order of global usage messages
by Duncan Coutts 13 Jan '09

13 Jan '09

Tue Jan 13 11:18:10 PST 2009 Duncan Coutts <duncan(a)haskell.org> * Swap the order of global usage messages Put the more important one first. M ./Distribution/Simple/Command.hs -2 +2 View patch online: http://darcs.haskell.org/cabal/_darcs/patches/20090113191810-adfee-913d7c80…

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patch applied (cabal): Enable the global command usage to be set
by Duncan Coutts 13 Jan '09

13 Jan '09

Tue Jan 13 10:13:03 PST 2009 Duncan Coutts <duncan(a)haskell.org> * Enable the global command usage to be set extend it rather than overriding it. Also rearrange slightly the default global --help output. M ./Distribution/Simple/Command.hs -1 +4 M ./Distribution/Simple/Setup.hs -13 +15 View patch online: http://darcs.haskell.org/cabal/_darcs/patches/20090113181303-adfee-8341c98f…

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patch applied (cabal-install): Print the location of the config file in the global --help
by Duncan Coutts 13 Jan '09

13 Jan '09

Tue Jan 13 11:22:15 PST 2009 Duncan Coutts <duncan(a)haskell.org> * Print the location of the config file in the global --help Ticket #413 M ./Distribution/Client/Config.hs +1 M ./Main.hs -2 +7 View patch online: http://darcs.haskell.org/cabal-install/_darcs/patches/20090113192215-adfee-…

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