I wrote:
This would be nice. However, there would have to be a way for it to be turned on and off by the author. (Spam is not nice.)
Ketil Malde wrote:
This is where it stranded the last time, IIRC. That sentiment makes me a bit uneasy; so you are the official maintainer of a package on Hackage, but you do not want to hear about it when it fails to compile?
You are absolutely right about this. In fact, besides build failures, it probably would be a good idea for each maintainer to get, say, one automated email per month with a summary of all the packages that person is officially maintaining, even when there are no build failures. So I'm changing my vote to +1. But let's think about why the instinctive reaction is to be hesitant about this. First of all, an automated system like a build bot can go wrong. What guarantee is there that I won't be flooded with emails when that happens, if I can't shut it off myself? Second, let's say someone decides they don't want to be maintainer anymore. Are they married for life? There is currently no way to remove a package. I guess they would have to upload a new version with no maintainer. I am just a little worried that if uploading to Hackage requires agreeing to unlimited uncontrollable spamming by a bot, it may cause some good packages not to be uploaded by people who are hesitant to agree to that. Thanks, Yitz