There's a link on the HackageDB Introduction page that gets you the latest versions of all packages (30MB).
Ross, Thanks for the archive URL. I parsed through all the hackagedb modules. I also added the display of repository source (ghc, hdb) and package source. HackageDB is 3-4 times bigger than GHC core. The result is interesting, looking at the most used modules move up and down the rank... http://haskell.ecoin.net/cgi-bin/modules.pl As I reflect on what I did, this result is kind of useful in learning Haskell. Haskell is about re-using modules and building on top of them. If a module is often used by Haskell community (especially, library writers), a beginner better understand that module first (such as Monad, List, Map, Exception, Array, etc). On the other hand, I am thinking to display a "eco-system" kind of graph/chart to show how the modules are connected with each other, and which module is on the top of the "eco-system" (either the most advanced module, or a module no one cares about!). But my data seem to have a recursive nature. I don't quite understand why nor how to get by it.
Rewriting that script in Haskell could be an interesting exercise. Do you have the source code?
Ben, I think the best way to write this parser in Haskell is to use haddock since haddock understands Haskell syntax much better than my hacker-style script. Here is the source code of both the parser(s) and cgi script. The code is very experimental and low-quality... Let me know if you have any question. http://haskell.ecoin.net/haskell-trivia.tgz Steve