#719: tool support for checking if a package works with a range of versions ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: duncan | Owner: Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: cabal-install tool | Version: Severity: normal | Keywords: Difficulty: easy (<4 hours) | Ghcversion: Platform: | ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ [http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/libraries/2010-July/013970.html Doaitse reports] that he would like: {{{ since I do not have a wide variety of Haskell installations and package versions on my machine, it would be very nice if the hackage server could test a package against the extremes of the indicated dependency ranges before installing. This would have prevented the mistake I made (and which undoubtedly others will make too) }}} Others responded that they would also like to do the same thing locally, even though the range of versions they have locally may be limited. So one simple approach would be a flag to indicate a preference that the earliest version of a package (or all packages?) be used rather than the latest version. This might be integrated into a "cabal disttest" feature that makes a tarball and builds from the tarball. The same approach could be taken for hackage build bots. -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/719 Hackage http://haskell.org/cabal/ Hackage: Cabal and related projects