Probably of interest to other denizens of cabal-devel... ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Johan Tibell <johan.tibell@gmail.com> Date: 10 January 2011 22:40 Subject: The --test-option flag and TEMPLATE arguments To: Duncan Coutts <duncan.coutts@googlemail.com>, Thomas Tuegel <ttuegel@gmail.com> After setting up a Hudson continuous build for the network package I've filed http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/787 The feature request is pretty straightforward; allow template placeholders in --test-option. The problem is that the PathTemplate type seems designed for directory paths (no surprise their I guess). If I want to support template placeholders in a flag argument that's not necessarily a path, should I still use it? Aside: I think this feature will give us much bang-for-the-buck. It, together with better HPC support, would allow us to fully integrate building of Cabal package with main stream continuous build systems, such as Hudson. We could even add a Cabal plugin for Hudson that would allow anyone to point Hudson at a repo containing a Cabal package and have it  * configure and build the package,  * run the tests,  * provide detailed test run feedback,  * show test coverage, and  * build haddocks. We're almost there, have a look at    http://johantibell.com:8080/job/network/ Johan