Dear Haskell users, after a long hiatus, I'm pleased to announce that we have just released Lambdabot 5.0 on hackage. Lambdabot is an IRC bot that can also be used offline; it provides tools for querying information about and even for producing Haskell code. To install it, use the following command: cabal install lambdabot-haskell-plugins lambdabot (cabal install lambdabot *should* work, but instead seems to send cabal's dependency solver onto a wild goose chase from which it fails to return.) * What's new Lambdabot is now maintained by a team, currently consisting of James Cook and me. The repository and bugtracker have moved to https://github.com/lambdabot/lambdabot The most significant change compared to lambdabot 4.3 is that lambdabot has been refactored and split into multiple packages. As a result, lambdabot has become easier to customize: simply edit the source files (Main.hs and Modules.hs) in the lambdabot package, and optionally add your own plugins. Other notable changes include - The code snippets provided by @src have been updated. (thanks to Artyom) - Support for IRC server authentication. - Pinging the IRC server regularly in order to detect one-sided disconnects. There have also been many minor tweaks and bug fixes. * What's next There are still a number of open issues on the bugtracker, so you can expect another release soon. Have fun with lambdabot, Bertram and James