March 2012 - cabal-devel

Re: [Hackage] #288: the package indexes are very slow
by Hackage 08 Mar '12

08 Mar '12

#288: the package indexes are very slow ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: duncan | Owner: Type: defect | Status: closed Priority: normal | Milestone: cabal-install-0.14 Component: cabal-install tool | Version: HEAD Severity: normal | Resolution: fixed Keywords: | Difficulty: easy (<4 hours) Ghcversion: 6.8.2 | Platform: ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Changes (by kosmikus): * status: new => closed * resolution: => fixed * milestone: => cabal-install-0.14 Comment: This is done: {{{ Sun Oct 23 23:32:53 CEST 2011 Duncan Coutts <duncan(a)community.haskell.org> * Add a source package index cache to speed up reading e.g. about 3x faster for cabal info pkgname }}} Some timings using a list of all packages from Hackage (~4000 packages): * with cabal-install-0.10.2: more than 8 minutes (didn't wait for it to finish) * with cabal-install-0.13.3: 2 minutes 44 seconds * with cabal-install-0.13.3 and modular solver: 49 seconds Of course, this package list results in an error. -- Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/288#comment:9> Hackage <http://haskell.org/cabal/> Hackage: Cabal and related projects

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Re: [Hackage] #289: symlink binaries into ~/bin
by Hackage 08 Mar '12

08 Mar '12

#289: symlink binaries into ~/bin ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: duncan | Owner: Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: cabal-install-0.16 Component: cabal-install tool | Version: Severity: normal | Keywords: Difficulty: easy (<4 hours) | Ghcversion: 6.8.2 Platform: | ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Changes (by kosmikus): * milestone: cabal-install-0.8 => cabal-install-0.16 -- Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/289#comment:23> Hackage <http://haskell.org/cabal/> Hackage: Cabal and related projects

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Re: [Hackage] #274: Add a 'build from sdist tarball' feature (aka distcheck)
by Hackage 08 Mar '12

08 Mar '12

#274: Add a 'build from sdist tarball' feature (aka distcheck) ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: guest | Type: enhancement Status: new | Priority: normal Milestone: cabal-install-0.16 | Component: cabal-install tool Version: 1.2.3.0 | Severity: normal Keywords: | Difficulty: normal Ghcversion: 6.8.2 | Platform: ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Changes (by kosmikus): * milestone: cabal-install-0.8 => cabal-install-0.16 -- Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/274#comment:7> Hackage <http://haskell.org/cabal/> Hackage: Cabal and related projects

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Re: [Hackage] #223: allow per-package configuration options in config file
by Hackage 08 Mar '12

08 Mar '12

#223: allow per-package configuration options in config file ----------------------------------+----------------------------------------- Reporter: duncan | Owner: mnislaih Type: enhancement | Status: assigned Priority: normal | Milestone: cabal-install-0.16 Component: cabal-install tool | Version: 1.2.3.0 Severity: normal | Keywords: Difficulty: very easy (<1 hour) | Ghcversion: 6.8.2 Platform: | ----------------------------------+----------------------------------------- Changes (by kosmikus): * milestone: Cabal-1.16 => cabal-install-0.16 -- Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/223#comment:10> Hackage <http://haskell.org/cabal/> Hackage: Cabal and related projects

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Re: [Hackage] #279: Cabal-upload could have a smarter default
by Hackage 08 Mar '12

08 Mar '12

#279: Cabal-upload could have a smarter default ----------------------------------+----------------------------------------- Reporter: guest | Owner: Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: cabal-install-0.16 Component: cabal-install tool | Version: 1.2.3.0 Severity: minor | Keywords: Difficulty: very easy (<1 hour) | Ghcversion: 6.8.2 Platform: | ----------------------------------+----------------------------------------- Changes (by kosmikus): * difficulty: normal => very easy (<1 hour) -- Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/279#comment:2> Hackage <http://haskell.org/cabal/> Hackage: Cabal and related projects

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Re: [Hackage] #279: Cabal-upload could have a smarter default
by Hackage 08 Mar '12

08 Mar '12

#279: Cabal-upload could have a smarter default ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: guest | Owner: Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: cabal-install-0.16 Component: cabal-install tool | Version: 1.2.3.0 Severity: minor | Keywords: Difficulty: normal | Ghcversion: 6.8.2 Platform: | ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Changes (by kosmikus): * milestone: => cabal-install-0.16 -- Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/279#comment:1> Hackage <http://haskell.org/cabal/> Hackage: Cabal and related projects

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Re: [Hackage] #282: profiling versions of libraries not managed well
by Hackage 08 Mar '12

08 Mar '12

#282: profiling versions of libraries not managed well ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: SamB | Owner: Type: defect | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: cabal-install-0.16 Component: cabal-install tool | Version: 1.2.3.0 Severity: normal | Keywords: profiling Difficulty: hard (< 1 day) | Ghcversion: 6.8.2 Platform: | ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Changes (by kosmikus): * milestone: => cabal-install-0.16 -- Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/282#comment:10> Hackage <http://haskell.org/cabal/> Hackage: Cabal and related projects

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Re: [Hackage] #397: make cabal --cabal-lib-version="" take a dependency or a specific number
by Hackage 08 Mar '12

08 Mar '12

#397: make cabal --cabal-lib-version="" take a dependency or a specific number ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: duncan | Owner: Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: low | Milestone: cabal-install-0.16 Component: cabal-install tool | Version: 1.2.3.0 Severity: minor | Keywords: Difficulty: normal | Ghcversion: 6.8.3 Platform: | ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Changes (by kosmikus): * milestone: => cabal-install-0.16 Comment: I just tried to figure out how this flag behaves now in practice, and it seems I can specify any version as {{{--cabal-lib-version}}} and I don't get any error message. Ranges still don't seem to be supported. -- Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/397#comment:1> Hackage <http://haskell.org/cabal/> Hackage: Cabal and related projects

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Re: [Hackage] #373: doubled field
by Hackage 08 Mar '12

08 Mar '12

#373: doubled field ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: guest | Owner: Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: cabal-install-0.16 Component: cabal-install tool | Version: 1.4.0.1 Severity: normal | Keywords: Difficulty: normal | Ghcversion: 6.8.2 Platform: | ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Changes (by kosmikus): * milestone: => cabal-install-0.16 Comment: This still seems to exist. -- Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/373#comment:2> Hackage <http://haskell.org/cabal/> Hackage: Cabal and related projects

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Re: [Hackage] #309: cabal install should recognize if package was already configured
by Hackage 08 Mar '12

08 Mar '12

#309: cabal install should recognize if package was already configured ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: bfr | Owner: Type: defect | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: cabal-install-0.16 Component: cabal-install tool | Version: 1.2.3.0 Severity: normal | Keywords: Difficulty: normal | Ghcversion: 6.8.2 Platform: | ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Changes (by kosmikus): * milestone: => cabal-install-0.16 Comment: I don't think this is fixed yet. At least dependency resolution happens on "cabal install", not taking previous flag choices into account. Personally, I'm not sure if "cabal install" should be as stateful as is desired here. -- Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/309#comment:3> Hackage <http://haskell.org/cabal/> Hackage: Cabal and related projects

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