Thanks for releasing the betas. :) I checked that http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/darcs-beta/2.4.98.3/darcs-beta-2... and http://darcs.net/releases/darcs-2.4.98.3.tar.gz again seem to be identical for all purposes and yet actually different tarballs. The same was true for darcs-beta-2.4.98.2. :) I may be missing something but wouldn't it be less confusing and simpler just to have now one single unique tarball (ie darcs-beta-2.4.98.3.tar.gz)? You could still rename the tarball to darcs-2.4.98.3.tar.gz for darcs.net if you wish... :) Thanks, Jens -- Fedora Haskell SIG

This beta has a bug. This is what just happened to me:

franksen@aragon:~/ctl/MLS-Controls/clean ___________________________________ 
13:27:51
> darcs push 
Pushing to "/srv/csr/repositories/controls/darcs/epics/ioc/MLS-
Controls/base-3-14"...
Tue Aug 17 15:20:42 CEST 2010  benjamin.franksen@bessy.de
  * generate many link fields using expander.pl (EnergyRampApp)
  This makes it much easier to add new target devices.
Shall I push this patch? (1/3)  [ynW...], or ? for more options: n
Tue Aug 17 15:22:29 CEST 2010  benjamin.franksen@bessy.de
  * added kickers to energy ramp (EnergyRampApp)
Shall I push this patch? (2/3)  [ynW...], or ? for more options: n
Thu Aug 19 13:27:07 CEST 2010  benjamin.franksen@bessy.de
  * docs now go to the new help.bessy.de server (configure)
Shall I push this patch? (3/3)  [ynW...], or ? for more options: y
WARNING: Doing a one-time conversion of pristine format.
This may take a while. The new format is backwards-compatible.
Pristine conversion done...
darcs: : hIsTerminalDevice: illegal operation (handle is closed)
Apply failed!
franksen@aragon:~/ctl/MLS-Controls/clean ___________________________________ 
13:28:02
> which darcs                                                                      
1 
/projects/ctl/franksen/ghc-6.10.4/bin/darcs
franksen@aragon:~/ctl/MLS-Controls/clean ___________________________________ 
13:28:15
> darcs --version
2.4.98.3 (beta 3)
franksen@aragon:~/ctl/MLS-Controls/clean ___________________________________ 
13:28:20

Reverting back to 2.4.4:

> rmpath /projects/ctl/franksen/ghc-6.10.4/bin      
franksen@aragon:~/ctl/MLS-Controls/clean ___________________________________ 
13:28:50
> rehash                                      
franksen@aragon:~/ctl/MLS-Controls/clean ___________________________________ 
13:28:56
> darcs --version
2.4.4 (release)
franksen@aragon:~/ctl/MLS-Controls/clean ___________________________________ 
13:28:59
> darcs push     
Pushing to "/srv/csr/repositories/controls/darcs/epics/ioc/MLS-
Controls/base-3-14"...
Tue Aug 17 15:20:42 CEST 2010  benjamin.franksen@bessy.de
  * generate many link fields using expander.pl (EnergyRampApp)
  This makes it much easier to add new target devices.
Shall I push this patch? (1/3)  [ynWvplxdaqjk], or ? for help: n
Tue Aug 17 15:22:29 CEST 2010  benjamin.franksen@bessy.de
  * added kickers to energy ramp (EnergyRampApp)
Shall I push this patch? (2/3)  [ynWsfvplxdaqjk], or ? for help: n
Thu Aug 19 13:27:07 CEST 2010  benjamin.franksen@bessy.de
  * docs now go to the new help.bessy.de server (configure)
Shall I push this patch? (3/3)  [ynWsfvplxdaqjk], or ? for help: y
Reading pristine 300 done, 364 queued. 
88fa8a58d32f70e7269b6b74f51f8e44a54eb014c
Finished applying...
Posthook ran successfully.
Push successful.
franksen@aragon:~/ctl/MLS-Controls/clean ___________________________________ 
13:29:13
> darcs --version
2.4.4 (release)

Cheers
Ben