* Paterson, Ross
Shakthi Kannan writes:
So, how would I know if there is a new package in it, other than having to compare it to the previous snapshot? Does the filename (00-index.tar.gz) change?
The filename doesn't change. You could use the RSS feed or the upload log (http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/log), both of which are updated at the same time as the index.
You can also try using Last-Modified or ETag information. % curl --head http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/00-index.tar.gz HTTP/1.1 200 OK Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:41:50 GMT Server: Apache/2.2.9 (Debian) mod_python/3.3.1 Python/2.5.2 Last-Modified: Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:49:59 GMT ETag: "1888003-352566-4b36f39c81bc0" Accept-Ranges: bytes Content-Length: 3482982 Content-Type: application/x-tar Content-Encoding: x-gzip -- Roman I. Cheplyaka :: http://ro-che.info/