Indeed; but it sounds like just the kind of project that would benefit from many contributors.
Simon | -----Original Message----- | From: Lemmih [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | Sent: 15 June 2006 09:12 | To: Simon Peyton-Jones | Cc: Bulat Ziganshin; Andres Loeh; haskell@haskell.org | Subject: Re: [Haskell] ANNOUNCE: Haskell Communities & Activities Report (10thed., June 2006) | | Paolo Martini will most likely continue the development of HackageDB | as part of his SoC project. | | On 6/15/06, Simon Peyton-Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | > I believe that this is just what HackageDB is for (described in HCAR | > p20). I have no idea of how complete Hackage is, thus far, though. | > | > Simon | > | > | so, the best media will be some sort of online database, like CPAN. | > | it should | > | | > | - have enough fields to allow any required searches - by date of | > | publication, category, author | > | - automatically extracts this information from cabal files | > | - support various entry types, such as individuals, papers and all | > | other mentioned in current HCAR | > | - allow anyone to add new entries, with or without uploading actual | > | implementations | > | | > | this database should allow to find information about all | > | the new/updated packages for last week, making possible automatic | > | generation of this HWN part. in this case to announce his work, | > | developer should just describe it at this server, and then | > | | > | 1) automatic announcement for this mail list will be generated | > | 2) next week HWN will automatically include description of this | > package | > | 3) anyone interested to see new/updated packages for last year or last | > | month can run appropriate query on this server site | > | 4) anyone who want to see full list of described packages or list | > | split by categories can do it again using this site interface | > | | > | the good news is what we already have this database - yes, it's HCAR | > | itself, what is internally keeps as database, afaik. it has many | > | fields required, although we should add more following the .cabal | > | file structure. so we can start this online database just | > | now. the only thing required is the web interface for | > | editing/searching data | > | | > | the next important things will be keeping history of updates | > | (especially version updates to allow search for libraries whose major | > | version was updated during, for example, last 6 months); adding | > | "subscription to package" that allows to be warned via email when | > | libraries i interested are updated; interaction with Hackage | > _______________________________________________ | > Haskell mailing list | > Haskell@haskell.org | > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell | > | | | -- | Friendly, | Lemmih _______________________________________________ Haskell mailing list Haskell@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell