#419: cabal-install should handle packages that need a later Cabal version better ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: jimburton | Owner: Type: defect | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: cabal-install-0.8 Component: cabal-install tool | Version: 1.4.0.2 Severity: normal | Resolution: Keywords: | Difficulty: normal Ghcversion: 6.8.3 | Platform: ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Changes (by duncan): * milestone: => cabal-install-0.8 Comment: The solution to this is to parse the hackage index when we download it into a local format that is a bit quicker. At the same time we can ignore or handle packages we cannot read. -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/419#comment:5 Hackage http://haskell.org/cabal/ Hackage: Cabal and related projects