#251: link to the latest version of a package tar file
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Reporter: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Owner:
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: HackageDB website | Version: 1.2.3.0
Severity: normal | Resolution:
Keywords: | Difficulty: normal
Ghcversion: 6.8.2 | Platform:
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Comment (by duncan):
I'd tend to agree with Thomas that having a single link doesn't help
automation since you do not know when it changes. The index of course does
tell you when new versions are available and it tells you for every
package in one download.
One doesn't have to use cabal-install for this purpose. For example gentoo
has a tool to compare a gentoo package repository with the hackage
collection to list packages that are out of date. We wrote it in Haskell
but something much simpler using bash + wget + tar + find would be fairly
straightforward too I expect.
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