On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 2:00 PM, Andrew Coppin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> Jason Dagit wrote: > > >> >> On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 1:51 PM, Andrew Coppin < >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: >> >> Duncan Coutts wrote: >> >> The Cabal package provides the library. The cabal-install package >> provides the 'cabal' command line tool. >> >> The deprecated package you're thinking of is cabal-get or >> cabal-setup. >> >> >> Will Hackage one day provide a way to discover that one package >> has been superceeded by another? >> >> Currently you can see when a newer version of the exact same >> package exists, but (for example) take a took at how many >> gazillion database packages there are up there. Which ones are >> active? Which ones are obsolete? How can I tell?? >> >> >> This has come up before. As you can see here: >> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.cafe/46764 >> >> I think we just need someone (how about you!?) to start working on it. >> > > What do I need to do? Just obtain the Hackage source code and submit a > Darcs patch or something? Or is it harder than that? A darcs patch should work. If you look in the thread I linked to you'll see this message by Thomas M. DuBuisson: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.cafe/46764 Where he gives the location of secret hideout for the hackage happs server and how to contribute. Thanks, Jason
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