Re: [Haskell-cafe] Checking packages before upload to Hackage

On Fri, 2008-06-20 at 12:12 -0400, Gwern Branwen wrote:

On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 11:43 AM, Henning Thielemann wrote:

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Is there some command which tests a tar.gz created by 'Setup.lhs sdist' by unpacking the archive to say /tmp and compiling and documenting the sources? Hackage should recommend this tool before package upload.

If you're interested in a Haskell solution, there is an open Cabal bug for this: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/274.

This would indeed be a very useful feature. If anyone wants to have a go at implementing it that would be great. They can ask on cabal-devel for pointers and advice. Duncan