I have been playing around with the latest cabal-install (0.14.0) and it is working really nicely. Having unpacked a cabal bundle you can now type 'cabal install' inside the root and it will work everything out as if you had asked to install directly from the repo -- very nice. I have also noticed that GHC is suggesting alternatives when it encounters missing identifiers. This gives a strong sense of helpfulness that I think accurately reflects the long and sustained (decades-long) effort that has gone into making the GHC diagnostics as useful as possible. The tools are so good because the developers have been paying attention to the gripes. But we should sometimes say thank you too... it is much appreciated. Chris
Indeed, cabal-install 0.14.0 has been *excellent* for me so far. Thanks
Andres!
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 10:05 AM, Chris Dornan
I have been playing around with the latest cabal-install (0.14.0) and it is working really nicely. Having unpacked a cabal bundle you can now type 'cabal install' inside the root and it will work everything out as if you had asked to install directly from the repo -- very nice.
I have also noticed that GHC is suggesting alternatives when it encounters missing identifiers. This gives a strong sense of helpfulness that I think accurately reflects the long and sustained (decades-long) effort that has gone into making the GHC diagnostics as useful as possible.
The tools are so good because the developers have been paying attention to the gripes.
But we should sometimes say thank you too... it is much appreciated.
Chris
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+1 On 20 May 2012, at 01:23, Simon Michael wrote:
Well said!
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On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 03:05:22PM +0100, Chris Dornan wrote:
I have been playing around with the latest cabal-install (0.14.0) and it is working really nicely. Having unpacked a cabal bundle you can now type 'cabal install' inside the root and it will work everything out as if you had asked to install directly from the repo -- very nice.
I should point out that cabal-install has actually had this feature for a long time. Which of course in no way detracts from your point (quite the opposite, in fact). -Brent
Indeed! I don't know why it wasn't obvious to me sooner. Sorry for any confusion. But as you say -- the main point stands. Chris -----Original Message----- From: haskell-cafe-bounces@haskell.org [mailto:haskell-cafe-bounces@haskell.org] On Behalf Of Brent Yorgey Sent: 22 May 2012 03:21 To: haskell-cafe@haskell.org Subject: Re: [Haskell-cafe] cool tools On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 03:05:22PM +0100, Chris Dornan wrote:
I have been playing around with the latest cabal-install (0.14.0) and it is working really nicely. Having unpacked a cabal bundle you can now type 'cabal install' inside the root and it will work everything out as if you had asked to install directly from the repo -- very nice.
I should point out that cabal-install has actually had this feature for a long time. Which of course in no way detracts from your point (quite the opposite, in fact). -Brent _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
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