August 2009 - Libraries

Deciding on the decision model for adding and excluding packages
by Don Stewart 03 Aug '09

03 Aug '09

We need to start thinking about how to add or exclude packages from the Haskell Platform. I've written a summary of the discussion so far for evidence-based critieria for deciding on package notability. http://donsbot.wordpress.com/2009/08/01/heuristics-for-blessing-software-pa… Please read it over and think about what the decision model looks like. So we can feed data in, to make decisions on how to include/exclude packages. -- Don

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PROPOSAL: Add openFileTemplate, openBinaryFileTemplate to System.IO
by Ian Lynagh 03 Aug '09

03 Aug '09

Hi all, This is Add openFileTemplate, openBinaryFileTemplate to System.IO http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/3393 (originally part of http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/2610) In System.IO, openTempFile and openBinaryTempFile mask the file permissions of the file they create with 0o600. However, we would like to use it for implementing things like writeFileAtomic, in which case we want the default file permissions to be used. I propose that we add openFileTemplate and openBinaryFileTemplate functions, which use the default permissions. Deadline: 8th August (2 weeks). Thanks Ian

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ANNOUNCE: The Haskell Platform 2009.2.0.2
by Don Stewart 31 Jul '09

31 Jul '09

We're pleased to announce the third release of the Haskell Platform: a single, standard Haskell distribution for everyone. The specification, along with installers (including Windows and Unix installers for a full Haskell environment) are available. Download the Haskell Platform 2009.2.0.2: http://hackage.haskell.org/platform/ The Haskell Platform is a single, standard Haskell distribution for every system, in the form of a blessed library and tool suite for Haskell distilled from the thousands of libraries on Hackage, along with installers for a wide variety of systems. It saves developers work picking and choosing the best Haskell libraries and tools to use for a task. When you install the Haskell Platform, you get the latest stable compiler, an expanded set of core libraries, additional development tools, and cabal-install – so you can download anything else you need from Hackage. What you get: http://hackage.haskell.org/platform/contents.html With regular time-based releases, we expect the platform will grow into a rich, indispensable development environment for all Haskell projects. Since the first release, there have been over 100,000 downloads of the installers. Thanks! -- The Platform Infrastructure Team

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