On Tue, 2009-01-13 at 16:21 +0000, Jamie Brandon wrote:
I agree completely. There is not nearly enough documentation on packaging in haskell and too many hackage packages are broken or do not install. I know several people are working on improving this but they seem do be doing so rather quietly. Could someone briefly outline what improvements are planned and what stage the current work is at? I remember seeing some demos at anglohaskell during the summer but nothing since.
If you are talking about the new hackage server then the code is here: http://code.haskell.org/hackage-server/ It should work though it is not feature complete. Patches gratefully accepted. The build reporting should work with the current cabal-install, though again it needs some polishing. Nothing especially difficult, it's primarily a lack of developer time. We've got too many "high priority" TODO items. We are spread too thin across the projects: Cabal, cabal-install, hackage-server, haskell-platform. More helpers are required. Your Haskell needs you! Sign up today! http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/#StartingpointsfornewCabalhackers Duncan