June 2010 - cabal-devel

patch applied (cabal): Consistently using 'test suite' instead of 'testsuite'
by Duncan Coutts 16 Jun '10

16 Jun '10

Mon Jun 7 13:59:35 PDT 2010 Thomas Tuegel <ttuegel(a)gmail.com> * Consistently using 'test suite' instead of 'testsuite' Ticket #215 (Overhaul support for packages' tests). M ./Distribution/PackageDescription.hs -20 +20 M ./Distribution/PackageDescription/Check.hs -5 +5 M ./Distribution/PackageDescription/Configuration.hs -7 +7 M ./Distribution/PackageDescription/Parse.hs -10 +10 M ./Distribution/Simple/Build.hs -3 +3 M ./Distribution/Simple/Configure.hs -3 +3 M ./Distribution/Simple/LocalBuildInfo.hs -5 +5 M ./Distribution/Simple/PreProcess.hs -3 +3 M ./Distribution/Simple/Setup.hs -2 +2 M ./Distribution/Simple/Test.hs -8 +8 View patch online: http://darcs.haskell.org/cgi-bin/darcsweb.cgi?r=cabal;a=darcs_commitdiff;h=…

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Major installation failure and impossible to post to cabal-devel
by Mats Ahlgren 15 Jun '10

15 Jun '10

Hello, It took me about 3 hours and 7 attempts to post to this list, or any similar mailing list. It seems after much sleuthing that my registration did not go through (despite clicking on the confirmation button on the confirmation link page), and the error message did not indicate that. I would highly recommend saying instead of "Error: You can't post" to instead say "Error: You don't seem subscribed to this list. Please try re-subscribing and making sure you click the confirmation button in the confirmation link page. If that fails, try again.". I would also recommend having people actually subscribed to cabal-devel-owner. Additionally http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/register does not really work -- it requires that you provide a username and password *in order to register* with the username and password. If you fill out this form, you will see a basic http auth popup appear, preventing you from registering. This basically means that people cannot contact the cabal-devel community, nor the libraries(a)haskell.org community -- in any way whatsoever. If there is some sort of emergency-contact IRC channel, it may be a good idea to link to it on Trac and the Cabal webpage. My actual messages are below. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <libraries-owner(a)haskell.org> Date: Thu, May 20, 2010 at 9:00 PM Subject: Re: cabal installation failure To: mats.ahlgren(a)gmail.com You are not allowed to post to this mailing list, and your message has been automatically rejected. If you think that your messages are being rejected in error, contact the mailing list owner at libraries-owner(a)haskell.org. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mats Ahlgren <mats.ahlgren(a)gmail.com> To: libraries(a)haskell.org Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 21:34:12 -0400 Subject: Re: cabal installation failure Hello, I have tried about 5 different ways to subscribe and send mail to the cabal-devel(a)haskell.org mailing list, but to no avail. Under instructions from http://www.haskell.org/cabal/ I am emailing this list in hopes that it will reach the relevant people. Issue #1 - impossible to contact Cabal devs (can't even post bugs on Trac): > sidenote: It seems no one is listening to > cabal-devel-owner(a)haskell.org . Moreover, it seems that it is > impossible to subscribe via the mailmain interface, and not even possible > to subscribe via by sending "subscribe" to cabal-devel-request. This > made it nearly impossible to post to this list. Issue #2: >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Mats Ahlgren <mats.ahlgren(a)gmail.com> >> To: cabal-devel(a)haskell.org >> Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 01:34:01 -0400 >> Subject: cabal installation failure >> Hello, >> >> I've installed Cabal once in the past with no trouble. However I can >> no longer do so. >> >> I tried to install Cabal on a new computer: >> - I visited http://www.haskell.org/cabal/download.html and got the >> latest version >> - I followed the directions in the README file >> - No error messages were thrown, the process was "successful" and I >> now have a ~/.cabal directory --but-- it doesn't seem as if I have a >> 'cabal' command in /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin or even anywhere in the >> ~/.cabal directory. >> - There was no extra information in the README file; no examples of >> how to proceed or sample usage >> - I then followed the directions to view the user docs online. After >> locating them, it seems there are no instructions for end-users, just >> for people who wish to submit packages. >> - I then looked at >> http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/wiki/CabalInstall and noticed >> there was another way to do this -- with a ./bootstrap.sh -- but this >> file is missing in the latest version. >> >> The end result is that even after 2 hours, I am unable to figure out >> why Cabal is not working. If I was a new user, I wouldn't even know >> what Cabal does. >> >> I attempted to file a bug, but then saw I was unable to because the >> Trac installation is protected with basic http authentication. >> >> I write this out of concern, because these issues with documentation >> (and what may be a critical bug) may make people shy away from Haskell >> as a platform. >> Also if anyone might have insight into how to fix this, it would be >> much appreciated; thank you. >> >> Sincerely, >> Mats >> >> platform: >> Linux, Ubuntu "Karmic", GHC version 6.10.4; further information >> available upon request The dozens of obstacles I failed to overcome to post to the cabal-devel mailing list is quoted below. Sincerely, Mats On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 9:29 PM, Mats Ahlgren <mats.ahlgren(a)gmail.com> wrote: > [attempt #4 to send this mail] > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Mats Ahlgren <mats.ahlgren(a)gmail.com> > Date: Thu, May 20, 2010 at 9:25 PM > Subject: Fwd: cabal installation failure > To: cabal-devel(a)haskell.org > > > Original message forwarded below. > > sidenote: It seems no one is listening to > cabal-devel-owner(a)haskell.org . Moreover, it seems that it is > impossible to subscribe via the mailmain interface, and not even possible > to subscribe via by sending "subscribe" to cabal-devel-request. This > made it nearly impossible to post to this list. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Mats Ahlgren <mats.ahlgren(a)gmail.com> > Date: Wed, May 19, 2010 at 1:45 AM > Subject: Re: cabal installation failure > To: cabal-devel-owner(a)haskell.org > > > I feel this message was rejected in error due to a race-condition > where I sent it too quickly after registering. Please forward to list > or accept, thank you. > > On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 1:00 AM, <cabal-devel-owner(a)haskell.org> wrote: >> You are not allowed to post to this mailing list, and your message has >> been automatically rejected. If you think that your messages are >> being rejected in error, contact the mailing list owner at >> cabal-devel-owner(a)haskell.org. >> >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Mats Ahlgren <mats.ahlgren(a)gmail.com> >> To: cabal-devel(a)haskell.org >> Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 01:34:01 -0400 >> Subject: cabal installation failure >> Hello, >> >> I've installed Cabal once in the past with no trouble. However I can >> no longer do so. >> >> I tried to install Cabal on a new computer: >> - I visited http://www.haskell.org/cabal/download.html and got the >> latest version >> - I followed the directions in the README file >> - No error messages were thrown, the process was "successful" and I >> now have a ~/.cabal directory --but-- it doesn't seem as if I have a >> 'cabal' command in /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin or even anywhere in the >> ~/.cabal directory. >> - There was no extra information in the README file; no examples of >> how to proceed or sample usage >> - I then followed the directions to view the user docs online. After >> locating them, it seems there are no instructions for end-users, just >> for people who wish to submit packages. >> - I then looked at >> http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/wiki/CabalInstall and noticed >> there was another way to do this -- with a ./bootstrap.sh -- but this >> file is missing in the latest version. >> >> The end result is that even after 2 hours, I am unable to figure out >> why Cabal is not working. If I was a new user, I wouldn't even know >> what Cabal does. >> >> I attempted to file a bug, but then saw I was unable to because the >> Trac installation is protected with basic http authentication. >> >> I write this out of concern, because these issues with documentation >> (and what may be a critical bug) may make people shy away from Haskell >> as a platform. >> Also if anyone might have insight into how to fix this, it would be >> much appreciated; thank you. >> >> Sincerely, >> Mats >> >> platform: >> Linux, Ubuntu "Karmic", GHC version 6.10.4; further information >> available upon request >> >> >> >

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patch applied (cabal-branches/cabal-1.8): TAG Cabal 1.8.0.6 release
by Ian Lynagh 15 Jun '10

15 Jun '10

Tue Jun 15 07:09:11 PDT 2010 Ian Lynagh <igloo(a)earth.li> tagged Cabal 1.8.0.6 release View patch online: http://darcs.haskell.org/cgi-bin/darcsweb.cgi?r=cabal-branches/cabal-1.8;a=…

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patch applied (cabal-branches/cabal-1.8): TAG GHC 6.12.3 release
by Ian Lynagh 15 Jun '10

15 Jun '10

Tue Jun 15 06:49:25 PDT 2010 Ian Lynagh <igloo(a)earth.li> tagged GHC 6.12.3 release View patch online: http://darcs.haskell.org/cgi-bin/darcsweb.cgi?r=cabal-branches/cabal-1.8;a=…

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patch applied (cabal-branches/cabal-1.8): Bump version number to 1.8.0.6
by Ian Lynagh 15 Jun '10

15 Jun '10

Fri May 21 14:20:00 PDT 2010 Ian Lynagh <igloo(a)earth.li> * Bump version number to 1.8.0.6 M ./Cabal.cabal -3 +3 M ./Makefile -1 +1 View patch online: http://darcs.haskell.org/cgi-bin/darcsweb.cgi?r=cabal-branches/cabal-1.8;a=…

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patch applied (cabal): Fix haddock syntax
by Ian Lynagh 15 Jun '10

15 Jun '10

Tue Jun 15 04:28:48 PDT 2010 Ian Lynagh <igloo(a)earth.li> * Fix haddock syntax M ./Distribution/Simple.hs -1 +1 View patch online: http://darcs.haskell.org/cgi-bin/darcsweb.cgi?r=cabal;a=darcs_commitdiff;h=…

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patch applied (cabal): Fix haddock syntax
by Ian Lynagh 15 Jun '10

15 Jun '10

Tue Jun 15 04:18:29 PDT 2010 Ian Lynagh <igloo(a)earth.li> * Fix haddock syntax M ./Distribution/Version.hs -1 +1 View patch online: http://darcs.haskell.org/cgi-bin/darcsweb.cgi?r=cabal;a=darcs_commitdiff;h=…

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patch applied (cabal): Use -fno-warn-deprecations in Distribution.Simple
by Ian Lynagh 15 Jun '10

15 Jun '10

Tue Jun 15 03:54:18 PDT 2010 Ian Lynagh <igloo(a)earth.li> * Use -fno-warn-deprecations in Distribution.Simple Works around: libraries/Cabal/Distribution/Simple.hs:78:0: Warning: In the use of `runTests' (imported from Distribution.Simple.UserHooks): Deprecated: "Please use the new testing interface instead!" M ./Distribution/Simple.hs +9 View patch online: http://darcs.haskell.org/cgi-bin/darcsweb.cgi?r=cabal;a=darcs_commitdiff;h=…

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patch applied (cabal): Merge the dylib-install-name patch
by Duncan Coutts 12 Jun '10

12 Jun '10

Sat Jun 12 09:21:52 PDT 2010 Duncan Coutts <duncan(a)haskell.org> * Merge the dylib-install-name patch M ./Distribution/Simple/GHC.hs -3 +11 View patch online: http://darcs.haskell.org/cgi-bin/darcsweb.cgi?r=cabal;a=darcs_commitdiff;h=…

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patch applied (cabal): Make it so cabal passes the dylib-install-name when building dynamic libraries on Mac OS/X.
by Duncan Coutts 12 Jun '10

12 Jun '10

Wed Sep 30 22:31:01 PDT 2009 Stephen Blackheath <oversensitive.pastors.stephen(a)blacksapphire.com> * Make it so cabal passes the dylib-install-name when building dynamic libraries on Mac OS/X. M! ./Distribution/Simple/GHC.hs -11 +3 View patch online: http://darcs.haskell.org/cgi-bin/darcsweb.cgi?r=cabal;a=darcs_commitdiff;h=…

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